Grayson Perry – 'Pottery Is My Gimmick' | TateShots

Grayson Perry is just excellent, honest and down to earth, I admire that in his work and himself.

dunno how you could possibly dislike like this man. what a nice personality and gorgeous work!

I love the skill that goes along with the artistry. He does all his own work and doesn't have a string of people realising his vision. That skill can only be achieved by long hours of work. It takes him back to the Arts and Crafts era which inspires me most.

"...an exercise in controlled disappointment..." Sounds like my entire life! Grayson = top bloke.

i really like what he said about looking at your work and saying "that'll do" cos i so often feel like every piece has to be better or at least almost the best thing i've ever made. you know you think you have to be getting better every time. but it's always just practice, forever. perspective is good.

3:44 Last year I was in Castelli and discovered the old potters there always had shrines near their kilns.

My favourite modern artist and a top bloke. What more could you ask for?

his hair is EVERYTHING

So glad I study three of his artworks (Huhne Vase, 'I am a man' and Object in the Foreground) for my Art History A-Level course, he's a top bloke.

Grayson is beyond fabulous. He has a gentle Heart which is a truly wonderful asset.

I am in love with this guy

Grayson Perry is one of the most diverse artists of the 21st century - this guy really 'gets' it. Love, love, love...and his exhibition int he RA this year was spectacular. Brilliant!!!!

i like this guys no mess style, no misinterpreted bullshit. just raw beauty.

This human being is a modern philosopher... thanks for exist

Excellent! I love studio visits

I just love this video so much man.

I really love his work!

Exercise in controlled disappointment...so true!

Until this bollocks year of 2020, I didn't know much - didn't think much - of Grayson Perry. It seemed pottery was indeed his "gimmick', along with his transvestism, that he was famous and gushed about for the show he put on, not the work he did. One of my lockdown silver linings (and we've been much better off in Canada, but still...) has been to really discover Grayson and his work - as a maker of art and documentary. Those who are balking at his recent interview reference to "dead wood" need to not only read that entire interview but also to see and hear this one. I don't think he's changed or gentrified or become all that much more part of the elite, because for him - like many - it comes to the down to the work, from start to finish. Hope to see it, and the Tate, in person some day... Good luck with Lockdown 2.0

He feels like an artistic interpretation and incarnation of Spinal Tap, and that is just awesome