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Playing to the Gallery

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Playing to the Gallery

By Perry Grayson

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About the book

'I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art. It should be issued as a set text in every school' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times 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 he's called this book Playing to the Gallery and not 'Sucking up to an Academic Elite'). Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this funny, personal journey through the art wor...Show more

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ISBN

9780141979618

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2016

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Playing to the Gallery

Format

Paperback

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