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. |