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Grayson PerryWendy Jones, Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry

2006208 pages
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Telling a story of class and taste, aspiration and identity, tapestry series 'The Vanity of Small Differences' saw Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry travel the length and breadth of the UK on safari amongst the taste tribes of Britain. The result is a monumental exploration of the emotional investment we make in the things we choose to live with, wear, eat, read or drive. The six vibrant and highly detailed tapestries presented here bear the influence both of early Renaissance painting and of William Hogarth's moralising series, literally weaving characters, incidents and objects from…

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7 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 2013
    Atlas Press · 144 pages · 9781900565615
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    Vintage Books · 224 pages · 9780099485162
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    Chatto & Windus · 224 pages · 9780701178932
  • Other · English · 2025
    British Museum Press · 192 pages · 9780714118321
  • Other · English · 2023
    Antique Collectors' Club · 9781911054627
  • Other · English · 2013
    Hayward Gallery Publishing · 128 pages · 9781853323157
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