During lockdown, artist and cross-dresser Grayson Perry hosted an Art Club in which he tool a theme and curated work done at home by Joe Public, some celebrities and his wife Phillipa. It was both fascinating and touching and oddly watchable TV. A second series, filmed during the second lockdown has recently aired.
As promised on the show, the best pieces were selected to be exhibited and the Bristol Art Gallery and Museum hosted the same.
The Textiliste and I visited to catch this before it finishes later this year, though given its popularity it may well go on some sort of tour.
It’s difficult to do justice to all the pieces in such as this so if you can visit, I urge you to do so. The museum/gallery has distributed the works through the galleries as well as creating two or three dedicated spaces which follows the format of a Banksy exhibition a few years ago when he hosted Banksy v The Bristol Museum. There’s still one Banksy piece in the entrance which certainly catches the eye.
You visit galleries dedicated to porcelain and fine arts, dinosaurs and extinct animals which, in typical old school museum fashion seem to be slightly randomly selected.
And a room with a variety of pictures and installations.
There was a carpet in the style of a train ticket, pancakes made from clay, a crocheted burger and a series of heads that sort of defy description..
Grayson created some pieces of his own
Overall an intriguing trip. Here are a few more…
My favourite? An alphabet of jokes…
How do you titillate an ocelot? You oscillate its tits a lot… boom boom… this is another, representing U…
TanGental 
What a fun and interesting collection! Something for everyone, eh? I particularly like the willow ware plate and the crocheted hamburger. Wish I could see the exhibit in person, but I’m very glad for your curated photo tour. Thank you! 🙂
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I’d love to think it would your but that may be a big ask. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Really looking forward to going – it’s so easy to not be organised to go if it’s on for a long time.
Particularly enjoyed the first series on TV before it got a bit more mawkish in subsequent series, but the quality of the work out there is amazing. From the simple dumplings (shown above) and the story behind them to more advanced stuff. The first series was the anchor of my week at that time (Spring 2020). Thanks for the review.
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Yes we would agree totally. I prefer the fact the first series allowed the celebs time. Forcing them to create in a day compromises what you see. Hope you enjoy it.
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Bizarre, but completely intriguing. I do love those heads!
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They are good aren’t they?
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Love it!!
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Thanks for the enlightenment Geoff!
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Always happy to educate..
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Nicely recorded
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