insideKENT Magazine Issue 39 - June 2015 | Page 20

ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT

L-R: Sex and Drugs and Earthenware, 1995, Glazed ceramic, 54 x 24.5 cms, 21.28 x 9.65 inches Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London © Grayson Perry; Head of a Fallen Giant, 2008,
Bronze, 40 x 50 x 35 cm, 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in, Edition of 5 plus 1 AP , Courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London © Grayson Perry; Spirit Jar, 1994, Glazed ceramic, 46 x 20cm, Arts
Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © Grayson Perry

GRAYSON PERRY'S

Provincial Punk AT

turner contemporary

This summer, Turner Contemporary will be presenting a major exhibition of work by the
celebrated British artist, Grayson Perry. Provincial Punk, which takes place from 23rd May until
13th September, is a focussed survey exhibition rooted in the development of Grayson Perry’s
practice in the early 1980s and the idea of ‘Provincial Punk’ as an anti-elitist and teasingly
unfashionable spirit of creativity that has consistently driven his practice.
Described as ‘a great chronicler of contemporary
life’, Grayson Perry, who won the Turner Prize in
2003, is well known for his beautifully crafted
artworks that combine autobiographical reference
with wry social commentary on themes ranging
from class, taste, consumerism and war, to art
versus craft.
Turner Contemporary’s Provincial Punk explores
Perry’s uniquely subversive practice, from a young
artist forging his own artistic language in 1980’s
Britain to his status today as one of the mo