ARTISTS
Grayson Perry: The Walthamstow Tapestry
09 Oct, 2009 - 14 Nov, 2009
This autumn Grayson Perry will exhibit his largest work to date, a monumental tapestry that is three
meters high by fifteen metres long.
Designed specifically for the gallery鈥檚 architecture it runs the entire length of the top floor exhibition space at Victoria Miro 14. A number of new ceramic works will be exhibited alongside The Walthamstow Tapestry, 2009. The exhibition coincides with the launch of a major monograph on the artist, with texts by Jacky Klein and published by Thames & Hudson on 5 October.
The Walthamstow Tapestry explores the emotional resonance of brand names in our lives and our quasi-religious relationship to consumerism. Charting man's passage from birth to death, the tapestry is peppered with leading brands encountered along the way. Stripped of their logos and thus much of their identity, the names run alongside - often incongruous - depictions of people going about their everyday lives: walking the dog, nursing children, skateboarding, hoovering, and, of course, shopping. Perry is a great chronicler of contemporary life, in whose work sentiment and nostalgia sit subversively alongside fear and anger. In The Walthamstow Tapestry many of the world鈥檚 leading names, from luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany to high street giants such as Marks and Spencer and IKEA, come under Perry鈥檚 excoriating gaze in this cautionary and prophetic tale of modern day life. Inspired by antique batik fabrics from Malaysia as well as eastern European folk art this vast work provides a colourful, rich and complex visual journey across our contemporary landscape.
Designed specifically for the gallery鈥檚 architecture it runs the entire length of the top floor exhibition space at Victoria Miro 14. A number of new ceramic works will be exhibited alongside The Walthamstow Tapestry, 2009. The exhibition coincides with the launch of a major monograph on the artist, with texts by Jacky Klein and published by Thames & Hudson on 5 October.
The Walthamstow Tapestry explores the emotional resonance of brand names in our lives and our quasi-religious relationship to consumerism. Charting man's passage from birth to death, the tapestry is peppered with leading brands encountered along the way. Stripped of their logos and thus much of their identity, the names run alongside - often incongruous - depictions of people going about their everyday lives: walking the dog, nursing children, skateboarding, hoovering, and, of course, shopping. Perry is a great chronicler of contemporary life, in whose work sentiment and nostalgia sit subversively alongside fear and anger. In The Walthamstow Tapestry many of the world鈥檚 leading names, from luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany to high street giants such as Marks and Spencer and IKEA, come under Perry鈥檚 excoriating gaze in this cautionary and prophetic tale of modern day life. Inspired by antique batik fabrics from Malaysia as well as eastern European folk art this vast work provides a colourful, rich and complex visual journey across our contemporary landscape.
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This autumn Grayson Perry will exhibit his largest work to date, a monumental tapestry that is three
meters high by fifteen metres long.
Designed specifically for the gallery鈥檚 architecture it runs the entire length of the top floor exhibition space at Victoria Miro 14. A number of new ceramic works will be exhibited alongside The Walthamstow Tapestry, 2009. The exhibition coincides with the launch of a major monograph on the artist, with texts by Jacky Klein and published by Thames & Hudson on 5 October.
The Walthamstow Tapestry explores the emotional resonance of brand names in our lives and our quasi-religious relationship to consumerism. Charting man's passage from birth to death, the tapestry is peppered with leading brands encountered along the way. Stripped of their logos and thus much of their identity, the names run alongside - often incongruous - depictions of people going about their everyday lives: walking the dog, nursing children, skateboarding, hoovering, and, of course, shopping. Perry is a great chronicler of contemporary life, in whose work sentiment and nostalgia sit subversively alongside fear and anger. In The Walthamstow Tapestry many of the world鈥檚 leading names, from luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany to high street giants such as Marks and Spencer and IKEA, come under Perry鈥檚 excoriating gaze in this cautionary and prophetic tale of modern day life. Inspired by antique batik fabrics from Malaysia as well as eastern European folk art this vast work provides a colourful, rich and complex visual journey across our contemporary landscape.
Designed specifically for the gallery鈥檚 architecture it runs the entire length of the top floor exhibition space at Victoria Miro 14. A number of new ceramic works will be exhibited alongside The Walthamstow Tapestry, 2009. The exhibition coincides with the launch of a major monograph on the artist, with texts by Jacky Klein and published by Thames & Hudson on 5 October.
The Walthamstow Tapestry explores the emotional resonance of brand names in our lives and our quasi-religious relationship to consumerism. Charting man's passage from birth to death, the tapestry is peppered with leading brands encountered along the way. Stripped of their logos and thus much of their identity, the names run alongside - often incongruous - depictions of people going about their everyday lives: walking the dog, nursing children, skateboarding, hoovering, and, of course, shopping. Perry is a great chronicler of contemporary life, in whose work sentiment and nostalgia sit subversively alongside fear and anger. In The Walthamstow Tapestry many of the world鈥檚 leading names, from luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany to high street giants such as Marks and Spencer and IKEA, come under Perry鈥檚 excoriating gaze in this cautionary and prophetic tale of modern day life. Inspired by antique batik fabrics from Malaysia as well as eastern European folk art this vast work provides a colourful, rich and complex visual journey across our contemporary landscape.
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