Brand New!! Essential Listening: Republic Has Bad Taste

Democracy Has Bad Taste is the commencement of this year's Reith Lectures past times Grayson Perry.  

It is essential listening for all artists too those involved inwards viewing art, curating art, selling fine art and collecting art.

It's immediately available to brain to on the BBC Radio Player

I desire to utter close the termination of lineament because I recollect this is 1 of the most burning issues unopen to fine art – how practise nosotros tell if something is good?
Grayson Perry

I beloved Grayson Perry.  He's my form of contemporary creative mortal - accessible too subversive at 1 too the same time!  That's subversive equally inwards maxim what everybody's thinking - fifty-fifty if they daren't state it out loud inwards example it harms their careers. One could pull him equally an intellectual, articulate too highly visible version of Banksy.

To deliver an master copy thesis which develops across 4 lectures, receive got them subjected to cross-questioning from audiences of hundreds too broadcast to millions beyond that, takes intellectual rigour, a bargain of wisdom too (always a bonus) a dollop of wit. Grayson has these qualities inwards spades.Sue Lawley

I similar the fact that:

• he creates fine art inwards what are normally seen equally unfashionable fine art media - ceramics too tapestries
• he exists too his fine art is pop despite too non because of the fine art establishment
• he became a fellow member of the Royal Academy of Arts and won the Turner Prize  despite existence inwards his ain words aught to a greater extent than than a "transvest*ite potter from Essex"
• he even too thus resorts to a pencil too newspaper too drawing inwards club to teach an thought worked out
• he unsettles all the chaps amongst his cross-dressing.  I honour that females almost universally beloved him!
• and finally.....he's 1 of the most articulate people talking today close art. He makes fine art accessible for real many people.

For me he slices through the cr*p too astutely finds novel ways of making his indicate - inwards ways which nobody else seems to endure able to replicate - which tin entirely endure a proficient thing!

I'm quite surprised to endure hither tonight, because 2 days agone I had a telephone telephone telephone quest if I would endure a guess for the Not the Turner Prize. And 2 years agone I was asked past times the Stuckists to wearing clothing equally a clown too come upward too endure on the steps outside, too thus I am thrilled too slightly surprised to endure here.
Grayson Perry - Winner of the Turner Prize (2003)

Reith Lectures & Grayson Perry - links to related websites

BBC sites

• BBC - Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery - The Images 
• Democracy Has Bad Taste - Video Highlights Watch highlights from the commencement Reith Lecture, recorded at Tate Modern
• Reith Lectures 2013 - Lecture 1 Transcript
• BBC video - Grayson Perry: 'There's an awful lot of guff talked close art' Artist Grayson Perry was commissioned to pull a serial of pictures to illustrate his Reith Lectures on 
• BBC Radio 4. Here he explains what they mean.
• BBC Intellect, Rigour too Frocks Read Sue Lawley's weblog on Reith Lecturer Grayson Perry
• BBC - The Reith Lectures

Reviews

• The Guardian - In praise of … fine art without the hype
• The Observer - Grayson Perry: 'To appreciate fine art you've got to travel at it a bit' The creative mortal on his Reith lectures, working inside the institution – too the hush-hush to enjoying art
• The Telegraph - Gillian Reynolds on Grayson Perry: 'a actually smart guy'
• The Telegraph - Grayson Perry may wearing clothing equally a adult woman – but he's got the balls to receive got on the ludicrous modern fine art establishment
• The Independent - Grayson Perry: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 real modern artist
• The Independent - Grayson Perry: Damien Hirst's travel is hackneyed too tatty
• Financial Times - Grayson Perry's Reith Lectures: Who decides what makes fine art good?
• Huffington Post - Reith Lectures: Grayson Perry To Bertrand Russell, Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Guide For Bluffers

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