From superbly mastered ceramic works to cross-dressing alter egos, award-winning artist Grayson Perry’s life has crossed and sampled all cultural avenues. Dip your toes, now, into the waters of Perry’s long-time musal relationship by means of the eyes and digicam of portrait photographer Richard Ansett. As Perry himself places it, “It’s Like Artwork!”
Ansett astutely captures the wit, model and irreverence of Perry’s many advanced personas. Past the snazzy outfits and cheeky poses, these thematic portrait collections provide wry social commentaries on present and common phenomena, together with the EU referendum, American popular culture and the existential questions of life and loss of life.
The pictures on this e book are a singular, distinctive, queer gaze and, principally unpublished, they signify a treasured private edit from an enormous archive shaped throughout quite a few commissions to create the enduring photographs which have promoted Perry’s many actions.
This punch packed e book is as a lot in regards to the inspiration of and exacting depictions by Richard Ansett as it’s in regards to the guises of Grayson Perry. Regardless of Perry’s extravagantly costumed veneer, there’s empathy and commentary on this portrayal–by means of Richard Ansett, we get to Grayson Perry and past!”
— Clare Freestone, Curator of Images, Nationwide Portrait Gallery
Richard Ansett is a positive artwork social documentary and portrait photographer primarily based in London, UK. His photographs have been acquired by the Nationwide Portrait Gallery, London, his portrait of the movie director David Lynch was acquired by the Smithsonian, USA, and his portrait of movie director David Cronenberg acquired by the Nationwide Canadian Library and Archives. A portrait of a boy with a head harm from the Donbas area of Ukraine and a bather from the identical area have been acquired by Bibliotheque Nationwide de France. His portrait BIRTH – A Portrait of Grayson Perry was awarded first prize on the Sony World Images Awards 2019 and his collection of portraits exploring the advanced psychological well being of ladies prisoners and the collection exploring a disappearing neighborhood in South London, Behind The Brutal Facade, 2020 had been each shortlisted subsequently for a similar awards. The collection gained Gold Award at PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris.
Richard Ansett : Muse : A Portrait of Grayson Perry
ACC Artwork Books
Publish Date: October 31, 2023
ISBN: 9781788842334
