Grayson Perry college in London take part in an annual competition to design new dresses for Claire. An exhibition, "Making Himself Claire: Grayson Perry's Dresses," is being held at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, from November 2017 to February 2018. As well as ceramics, Perry has worked in printmaking, drawing, embroidery and other textile work, film and performance. He has written a graphic novel, "Cycle of Violence." The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam mounted a solo exhibition of his work in 2002, "Guerrilla Tactics." It was partly for this work that he was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003, the first time it
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". Growing up, Stephen goes through long phases of hedonism and deep religiosity. He eventually adopts a philosophy of aestheticism, greatly valuing beauty and art. Stephen is essentially Joyce's alter ego, and many of the events of Stephen's life mirror events from Joyce's own youth. His surname is taken from the ancient Greek mythical figure Daedalus, who also engaged in a struggle for autonomy. Simon Dedalus – Stephen's father, an impoverished former medical student with a strong sense of Irish nationalism. Sentimental about his past, Simon Dedalus frequently reminisces about his