Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood

Paperback Published on: 25/02/2016
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Playing to the Gallery
For Art's Sake...
The old cliché goes ‘I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like’ and, like many clichés it is largely true. I enjoy looking round galleries, I pai... READ MORE
Jane E Skudder

Synopsis

'I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art'Lynn Barber, Sunday Times

Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book Playing to the Gallery and not 'Sucking up to an Academic Elite'). Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this funny, personal journey through the art world answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780141979618
  • Number of pages: 144
  • Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 13 mm
  • Weight: 118g
  • Languages: English

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Playing to the Gallery
This book is not just for those deeply invested in the art world but for anyone whose ever looked at a piece of art with a confused expression and 'hmm' as... READ MORE
Sophie Franklin
Playing to the Gallery
Wise, idiosyncratic guide to contemporary artworld
"Playing to the Gallery" is Grayson Perry’s humorous and engaging take on the contemporary art world, seen from the position of a ‘poster boy’ insider. His... READ MORE
Matt Macer-Wright
Playing to the Gallery
Brilliant!
I love this book! Finally a well known and respected artist challenges the upper ecehlons of the artistic elite and asks what is art. I am no expert but I ... READ MORE
Kaye
Playing to the Gallery
Obsessed
This was such a valuable book to make me think more critically about fine art. A must for any fine art student.
Emily McIntosh