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Grayson Perry: The Pre Therapy Years installation shot © Sainsbury Centre. Photo: Andy Crouch
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Essex Plate Grayson Perry 1985 Glazed ceramic Private Collection © Grayson Perry Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
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Cocktail Party Grayson Perry 1989 Glazed ceramic Collection of the artist © Grayson Perry Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
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Meaningless Symbols Grayson Perry 1993 Glazed ceramic Collection of Mark & Debra Eden © Grayson Perry Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
Exhibition
Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years
19 Sep 2021 – 30 Jun 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Tickets: £12 or FREE for Members and UEA/NUA Student Members
Concessions available
50% off for under 18's, full-time students & Art Fund Members
Tickets must be pre-booked before arrival with a specific time slot
Due to restricted numbers, we are currently not able to offer group visits
Dates are subject to change in line with government guidance
Address
- University of East Anglia
- Norwich
- NR4 7TJ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus numbers 25, 25a and x25 run from Norwich city centre to UEA ' ask for the Sainsbury Centre stop. Park & Ride service 604 runs Monday to Friday to the main UEA bus stop.
Grayson Perry’s groundbreaking ‘lost’ pots have been reunited for the first time to focus on the formative years of one of Britain’s most recognisable artists.
About
Grayson Perry’s groundbreaking ‘lost’ pots have been reunited for the first time to focus on the formative years of one of Britain’s most recognisable artists. Often challenging and explicit, these works reveal the early development of Perry’s distinctive voice that has established him as a compelling commentator on contemporary society.
Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years is the first exhibition to survey Perry’s earliest forays into the art world, introducing the explosive and creative works he made between 1982 and 1994. In these, he addresses the themes of gender, identity, fetishism, his home county of Essex, and the vagaries of the art world – all of which are integral to Perry’s practice today.
Displaying the pots, plates and sculptures that first made Perry’s name, this exhibition shines a light on the potential of pottery to address radical issues and human stories.
The exhibition contains sexually explicit content and provocative symbolism that some visitors may find challenging. Please email scva@uea.ac.uk for information.
