Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur at the Wallace Collection

Photo: wallacecollection.org

The Wallace Collection will be celebrating Grayson Perry's 65th birthday with the largest contemporary exhibition ever held at the museum. Perry has even created a fictional persona for the show - Shirley Smith - who suffers a mental health crisis and wakes up believing she's heir to the entire collection.

Delusions Of Grandeur will explore the nature of craft-making in the modern world, comparing objects that would have taken maybe thousands of hours to complete against one that was created with the simple click of a button. By contrasting these two different approaches, Perry will ask questions about authenticity, and the artists' role going forwards.

Photo: Grayson Perry/wallacecollection.org

On display will be over 40 new works including intricately handcrafted ceramics, collages, tapestries and thought-provoking prints. They will be shown alongside masterpieces from the museum's own collection that helped to shape the Turner Prize-winning artist's ideas for the show.

Perry has credited the museum as being a major inspiration during their childhood and time as a young artist, thanks to its contrasting exhibits of feminine fashions from the 18th-century and its masculine weapons and suits of armour.

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