Grayson Perry Grayson Perry Grayson Perry (born 24 March 1960) is an English contemporary artist. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "prejudices, fashions and foibles". Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of Perry as "Claire", his female alter-ego, and "Alan Measles", his childhood teddy bear, often appear. He has made a number of documentary television programmes and has curated
Rachel Perry (artist) in 2011 at DeCordova include "Sticker Paper," a wallpaper collage of fruit stickers, and "New and Improved," made up of dry cleaning and grocery store twist ties. In addition to these installation works, she presented a series of photographs titled "Lost in my Life," self-portraits in which the artist is nearly camouflaged in sets composed of everyday materials, often featuring other artworks in these images. In 2016, as an Artist-in-Residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Perry created a temporary installation for the museum's facade that asked the question "What do you really want?" The installation was on view from