More than 20 of art’s leading makers, curators and writers appeared at The Chatsworth Festival – Art Out Loud and I was very fortunate to see the talented Grayson Perry give a talk. Inspiring, amusing, thought provoking, open and honest - fantastic.
'Art history for me is a very elaborate game of Chinese whispers. Everybody has been influenced and done things slightly differently'.
'You know an art college is a place to experiment, is a place of unique freedom, a place to get it wrong, to make mistakes'.
REITH LECTURES 2013: PLAYING TO THE GALLERY Presenter: Grayson Perry Lecture 4: I Found Myself in the Art World -
The there’s his “handbag and hipster test” for judging whether or not something is a work of art. “If there are lots of people with beards and glasses and single-speed bikes, or oligarchs’ wives with great big handbags looking a bit perturbed and puzzled by what they’re staring at, then it’s probably art.”
This is writing with the eye of someone who says: “My job is to notice things that other people don’t notice.” It is full of insight, and of telling points. Describing artists as “the shock troops of gentrification” is a brilliant way to sum up the process in which derelict warehouses are replaced by coffee shops and, ultimately, by designer lofts. It is acute and funny at the same time.
This, I think, is why people love Perry so much. He is really smart. He says the things that we wish we had thought of, and asks the questions that we want to ask. What is art? How can we tell if what we are looking at is any good? Is it OK to like certain artists? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/11093396/Playing-to-the-Gallery-by-Grayson-Perry-lively-intelligence.html
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/05/10/book-review-playing-to-the-gallery-by-grayson-perry/
a huge queue followed him from the talk to the signing tent - not even ime for him to take a bite of his sandwich!
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