An insider's tour of the lighter side of the art world by the BAFTA-winning creator of the documentary All in the Best Possible Taste answers basic questions that people might be too embarrassed to ask in a gallery, from understanding what qualifies as "good" to why art matters. 35,000 first printing.
Grayson Perrys book will overturn everything you thought you knew about art
Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason hes called this bookPlaying to the Gallery and not Sucking Up to the Academic Elite). This funny, personal journey through the art world answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but that were too embarrassed to ask. Questions such as: What is good or bad artand does it even matter? Is art still capable of shocking us or have we seen it all before? And what happens if you place apiece of art in a rubbish dump?
