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
Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut is an 1889 still life painting by French artist, Paul Gauguin. It is currently in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, Iran. In 1888 and 1889 Gauguin's enthusiasm for Japanese ukiyo-e woodcuts emerged. Japanese prints appeared in the background of his "Apple and Vase" painting, his portrait of "The Schuffenecker Family" and also "Still Life with Head-Shaped Vase and Japanese Woodcut", which depicts an ukiyo-e portrait of an actor. The painting was formerly owned by Josef Rosensaft, a Holocaust survivor