Grayson Perry

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I was a child who was a cuckoo in the nest Grayson says. In his bedroom not a scrap of wallpaper showed: every inch was covered with pictures of aeroplanes & every surface with models. Fantasy took over his life in a world of battles ruled by his teddy bear Alan Measles. He grew up. & in 2003 an acclaimed ceramic artist he accepted the Turner Prize as his alter-ego Clare wearing his best dress with a bow in his hair: another dream made real. Now he tells his own story his voice beautifully caught by his friend the writer Wendy Jones. Early childhood in Chelmsford Essex is a rural Eden that ends abruptly with the arrival of the violent milkman who becomes his stepfather leading to constant swerving between his parents houses & between boys clothes & womens clothes. But as Grayson enters art college & tries awkwardly to fit in
- I used to go to the Taboo nightclub in a black suit with skin-tight Lycra trousers & a jacket two sizes too small
- he starts to find himself & at last in his early twenties he steps out as a potter & transvestite. Direct & down to earth stuffed with insights imagination & wit & with illustrations of Graysons own work Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl" is both a mesmerising read & a lifeline for all young boys who hug their dreams to themselves."