Grayson Perry: The Walthamstow Tapestry

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The Walthamstow Tapestry explores the emotional resonance of brand names in our lives. Charting man's passage from birth to death, the tapestry is peppered with leading brands encountered along the way. Stripped of their logos and thus much of their identity, the names run alongside - often incongruous - depictions of people going about their everyday lives: walking the dog, nursing children, skateboarding, hoovering, and, of course, shopping. Inspired by antique batik fabrics from Malaysia as well as eastern European folk art this vast work provides a colourful, rich and complex visual journey across our contemporary landscape. Grayson Perry won the Turner Prize in 2003 and in 2013 was invited by the BBC to deliver their flagship annual lecture series The Reith Lectures, entitled Playing to the Gallery, broadcast on BBC Radio 4, October — November 2013.