Shirley Clara's Perry in conversation Will Self at the British Library. Perry was sporting a topical if controversial head dress; a Muslim style head scarf or chador combining childhood illustrations of teddy's dolls etc with more militaristic ones of hand grenades and soldiers. He did admit to being slightly waring of sporting it in public and removed it prior to the taking the stage with Self . Even though he put this down to being hot rather than fearing the audiences ire. The outfit is in Perrys words a part of his artisti
- Shirley Clara's Grayson Perry in conversation Will Self at the British Library. Perry was sporting a topical if controversial head dress; a Muslim style head scarf or chador combining childhood illustrations of teddy's dolls etc with more militaristic ones of hand grenades and soldiers. He did admit to being slightly waring of sporting it in public and removed it prior to the taking the stage with Self . Even though he put this down to being hot rather than fearing the audiences ire. The outfit is in Perrys words a part of his artistic mission to create his own culture. In its materials and styles it also references folk art in stark contrast to the illustrations. Will too embraced the Perry theme posing with Perrys doll Shirley 'It's just like a baby' he cooed almost sounding broody as did so. Shirley replaces Clara a porclean doll who recently met with an unfortunate accident. Internationally famous for his ceramic vases decorated with shocking and unconventional imagery, shot to fame in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize, collecting the award wearing a lilac babydoll dress and red pumps. Now the subject of a lavishly illustrated monograph by Jacky Klein published by Thames & Hudson he is joined by an equally iconoclastic artist, the writer Will Self, to discuss his work and influences that range from Brueghel to Anselm Kiefer and American outsider art.
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