While we were in Birmingham we popped in to the City Museum to see The Vanity of Small Differences, an exhibition of six huge tapestries designed by the fabulous Grayson Perry. The work was conceived after he spent time making a three part documentary series for TV, All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry.
He is interested in how people curate their possessions and shape their environments to consciously/unconsciously communicate where they want to fit ino society. The six tapestries are an homage to The Rake's Progress by William Hogarth, a cautionary tale of the rise and fall of Tom Rakewell, as he inherits and loses fortunes, ends up in debtor's prison and dies in a madhouse. In Perry's version, Tim Rakewell journeys through the British class system as he builds a fabulous career in the new tech industries.
He is interested in how people curate their possessions and shape their environments to consciously/unconsciously communicate where they want to fit ino society. The six tapestries are an homage to The Rake's Progress by William Hogarth, a cautionary tale of the rise and fall of Tom Rakewell, as he inherits and loses fortunes, ends up in debtor's prison and dies in a madhouse. In Perry's version, Tim Rakewell journeys through the British class system as he builds a fabulous career in the new tech industries.
We loved it so much we bought the book - here's a taste of how beautiful it is:
…so inspired by Mr Perry, and with reference to my previous post,
here is another of my favourites from Mr A-P's stash.
With daffodils ready for St David's day tomorrow of course...
That exhibit looks outstanding! The colors and textures in his work are out of this world! I would love to see this in person...and would like to follow your links here to learn more about the project! And your piece from the stash is super cool! I about fell over at the insane beauty of those daffodils!! Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for sharing his work! Nicole xoxo
ReplyDeleteI was hoping for daffs this weekend living with a welsh man, tulips it was! That exhibition looks fantastic I will have to see how long it is on for. No chance of getting to Birmingham for a while!
ReplyDeleteTulips are lovely too - the grayson perry exhibit is in birmingham till May I think, but it's probably going somewhere else after that.
ReplyDeleteI love those Grayson Perry tapestries, I have only seen images of them line but would so enjoy seeing them in real life. There is something so impressive about the scale of art like this when you see it for real, which images in a book or on a screen just cannot capture.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's a fabulous jug, perfect for some daffs for St. David's Day! xxx
The exhibition will be in Leeds from August to October this year - sure the kids would love it too. They're very accessible.
DeleteOh my! Those tapestries are incredible, and your jug (beautiful) and daffs a pretty close second.
ReplyDeleteIt's meant to be the first day of Autumn here - the mercury's rising to 38 degree c and even hotter tomorrow :(
Well you'll probably be wanting a shower in your LOVELY new bathroom then. Picking caulis in WA in 40°C is an experience that will stay with me forever - stay cool xxx
DeleteWow, that's a lot for me to take in on an early Saturday morning, but the fish jug made me smile.
ReplyDeleteThe tapestries sound wonderful, I do like Grayson Perry's work and I saw some of the series. Wishing you a happy St David's Day.
ReplyDeleteThanks CJ - nice to meet you
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ReplyDeleteNow this looks and sounds to be an exhibition which we should much enjoy, as clearly you did. Work like this always, in our view, inspires and uplifts the spirit, not least as it represents enormous creativity.
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