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| Transvestite potter wins Turner |
| 2003-12-08 |
| Really, you can’t make this stuff up. Pottery artist Grayson Perry, who creates vases depicting subjects like death and child abuse, has won this year’s Turner Prize. Perry accepted the award in a dress, as his female alter-ego Claire, thanked his wife and said he was "stunned". Imagine Shirley Temple as a 50 year old crack hoe. Follow the link for a picture, put your coffee down first. Wearing a purple dress with large bows and frills, Perry told a ceremony at the Tate Britain gallery in London: "Well, it’s about time a transvestite potter won the Turner Prize. "I think the art world had more trouble coming to terms with me being a potter than my choice of frocks. Really I only want to thank one person, that’s my wife Philipa because she’s been my best sponsor, editor, support and mainly my lover." Well, they do say love is blind. His vases include We’ve Found The Body Of Your Child, which shows a baby lying helpless on the ground while its mother is apparently restrained by a gang. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #16 Someday I will walk in to a grand livingroon and notice a vase on the mantle decorated with rudimentary illustrations depicting child abuse. Now, I'll know to complement the proud homeowner on his award winning art piece. Maybe I will ask him about the guy who wore a turkey on his head also. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-8 9:11:12 PM |
| #15 I just finished Oriana Fallaci's book The Rage and the Pride. Then I read the article and followed the link, and being forewarned, I put down my can of sardines in olive oil. This sick s--t (potter and pots) fits in with Oriana's observations on the sickness and decadence of the west. We are going to pay a HUGE price or lose the WoT if we have the population going for this "dreck." We have issues, folks. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-8 6:58:00 PM |
| #14 It's ain't art unless you make it with a chainsaw. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-8 6:28:17 PM |
| #13 Dunno what it is, but the artsy crowd has left the bldg - and maybe the planet! I caught an interview with some artistic types courtesy of the beeb & yes, most of them seem to have been resident on cloud 9 for some time... Why's the Turner Prize always go to fruitcakes &/or people who think a flickering fluorescent tube's art - cos the judges are terrified that the nasty philistine public won't notice or care otherwise. By awarding it to the likes of Tracy Vermin they can at least guarantee that Brian Sewell will start foaming at the mouth & generate them some publicity. |
| Posted by: Dave 2003-12-8 6:05:33 PM |
| #12 Harry Potter is not a transvestite. Everybody wears robes at Hogwarts. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-8 5:33:52 PM |
| #11 Favorite line: "A popular choice among the public, he beat off competition from the favourites, the Chapman brothers." Sometimes it's more fun coming in second |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2003-12-8 4:14:37 PM |
| #10 Translation: Haute Coture - "Who buys this shit?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-12-8 3:45:30 PM |
| #9 Hollywood and the Left...a celebration of dysfunciton. |
| Posted by: B 2003-12-8 3:04:56 PM |
| #8 Tony - it just seems to be a "thing" there - art must be completely wacky or it's not art - the Turner Prize has been pretty wild for several years now, no? I get the eye-candy channel on cable (know what I mean? wink, nudge...) and the "shows" in London are always incredibly bizarre. Here I am typing away on my PC and some poor girl comes tromping out wearing wacky-tacky blinking xmas lights (which I pick up in my peripheral vision), what looks like shredded clear plastic garbage bags, and maxi-pads in semi-strategic locations. WTF? Uh, yeah, right... high fashion. Gulp! Dunno what it is, but the artsy crowd has left the bldg - and maybe the planet! Sorry - no offense to any individual meant - just a repeating phenom that boggles! |
| Posted by: .com 2003-12-8 2:49:06 PM |
| #7 Hey .com! - I was as stunned as anyone else when I saw that photo! (and that after seeing the crowds in London welcoming the Rugby Union *World Champions* - talk about a contrast...) You do have a point though, with Damien Hirst and that bint who never tidied up her bed around, we're not doing ourselves any favours! |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2003-12-8 2:28:03 PM |
| #6 Aagh! My eyes! |
| Posted by: BH 2003-12-8 12:34:16 PM |
| #5 Something tells me we're not in Kansas anymore... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-12-8 11:11:13 AM |
| #4 I can't quite put my finger on it, exactly, but when it comes to art, the Brits are uh, um, er, hm, well, y'know, wankers. |
| Posted by: .com 2003-12-8 11:02:30 AM |
| #3 ? |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-12-8 10:29:45 AM |
| #2 Good Lord. He paid 2500 pounds for that dress? Perry's kinky personal life aside, I think the pots represent a vast improvement in the Turner prize, in that throwing a pot actually requires some sort of skill, and the artwork is meant to be vaguely representational. Recent winners include the faulty fluorescent light in a bare room. I could've entered my kitchen in the contest. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2003-12-8 10:14:38 AM |
| #1 that’s my wife Philipa Philipa? Is this Philip's "alter-ego"? |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2003-12-8 9:40:44 AM |