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Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in Its Struggle To Be Understood
By Perry, Grayson
- ISBN
- 9780143127352
- Publisher
- Penguin
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Starred Review on March 15, 2015 | Arts and Humanities
Very few books about contemporary art are laugh-out-loud funny; Perry's is. Based on his popular BBC Reith Lectures, also called Playing to the Gallery, the title's main sections correspond to the four original 2013 lectures: "Democracy Has Bad Taste," "Beating the Bounds," "Nice Rebellion, Welcome In!" and "I Found Myself in the Art World." The author's cartoonish drawings brilliantly and hilariously punctuate observations about highbrow vs...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
