Grayson Perry

Is he playing to the gallery, With his fey ceramic vases, His doom-laden tapestries. This cross-dressing Titan of Art This dissector of British "prejudices, fashions and foibles"? Is he Perry or Claire, his female alter-ego, With his comforter, Alan Measles, his childhood teddy bear, Tagging along like a shadow? This two-headed Perry/Claire has held solo exhibitions at The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Barbican Centre The British Museum The Serpentine Gallery The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh The21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan His personas,united by art This Perry/Claire person Won the Turner Prize Is married, A father, A mountain biker Claire is a Bo-Peep matriarch, A middle-England champion for No More Art An aero-model-maker, An Eastern European Freedom Fighter Eater of ready meals, we're led to believe Even the pottery's complex: Glazed, incised, embossed Relief sculptures pressed on the surface…. Bayeaux Tapestry stitchers, eat your heart out: See Perry's The Walthamstow Tapestry Hundreds of brand names encircling large figures Moving from birth to death A computer controls his loom HisTV documentary series Was all in the best possible taste In her coming out dress Claire is a golden ghost So why do men wear frocks? Transvestites, and how to react? And who are you? A Mr a Mr/s a miss? Do you suffer from Bungalow Depression? Are you a green witch or a merry Diana?