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Playing to the Gallery
- Helping Contemporary Art in Its Struggle to Be Understood
- Narrated by: Grayson Perry
- Length: 2 hrs and 47 mins
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"It's easy to feel insecure around art and its appreciation, as though we cannot enjoy certain artworks if we don't have a lot of academic and historical knowledge. But if there's one message that I want you to take away it's that anybody can enjoy art and anybody can have a life in the arts - even me! For even I, an Essex transvestite potter, have been let in by the artworld mafia."
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 his book Playing to the Gallery and not Sucking Up to the Academic Elite).
In this live recording from the Reith Lectures (2013), he talks about his own funny, personal journey through the art world and answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask. Questions such as: What is good or bad art - and does it even matter? Is there any way to test if something is art, other than a large group of people standing around looking at it? Is art still capable of shocking us or have we seen it all before? Can you be a lovable character and a serious artist - what is a serious artist anyway? And what happens if you place a piece of art in a rubbish dump?
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- Tmf
- 15-07-20
funny, insightful and worth a listen
Grayson Perry is a great orator, iinteresting lectures, easy to follow and I binge listened!
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- Sashko Micevski
- 18-06-23
Getting goosebumps even after few times listening.
An incredible audiobook and a fresh take on contemporary art and artists. I’ve listened it few times and keep getting impressed by it.
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- colin bowring
- 15-07-21
An Artists many truths.
The things that Perry said is true. All of them. Great insight, very entertaining memorable.
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- Jamie
- 16-01-18
Wonderful stuff
An object lesson in what it is to be a person. Funny, touching and insightful.
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- CONNOR MCINTYRE
- 26-04-21
Brilliant Grayson ....
Grayson Perry giving the Reith Lecture ... what more does one need. Brilliant Grayson Perry !!
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- Gaye I.
- 26-04-20
Wonderful
I'm so glad that I listened to this rather than read it. It was good to hear the artist's voice, the narrator who at times sounded like David Attenborough observing the art world
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- victoria carver
- 22-03-20
witty, entertaining with facts
love listening to it all inclusive, witty and light hearted. factual and enlightening art world
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- Amanda
- 28-01-17
Grayson the legend
loved it!! inspirational and funny! Also I'd recommend this for all art students to listen to as so much worthy advice from an amazing get artist!
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-01-19
Recommend
A brief insightful and humerous exploration of the art world. loved it. Only complaint is wasn't long enough, though Grayson Perry goes at such a pace will be listening to it again as missed bits the first time.
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- Mark Taylor
- 03-05-20
Superb!
A must listen by anyone with an interest in art, contemporary or otherwise, an even more essential listen for those that think they do not understand art.
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