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
Grayson Perry and war. Perry combines various techniques as a "guerrilla tactic", using the approachable medium of pottery to provoke thought. Perry created the 15 m x 3 m "The Walthamstow Tapestry" in 2009. The large woven tapestry bears hundreds of brand names surrounding large figures in the stages of life from birth to death. Perry's 2012 TV documentary series "All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry," about class "taste" variables, included him making large tapestries, called "The Vanity of Small Differences." Their format was inspired by William Hogarth's "A Rake's Progress." Of the tapestries, Perry says, "The Vanity of