In this first major monograph on Grayson Perry" now updated & expanded writer & art historian Jacky Klein explores the artists work through a discussion of his major themes & subjects. Kleins text is complemented by intimate & insightful commentaries on individual pieces by the artist himself giving unique access to his imaginative world & creative processes. Over 175 of Perrys works are illustrated as well as a rich selection of the visual material that has inspired him from Afghan war rugs Sumatran batiks & medieval altarpieces to the paintings of Pieter Bruegel & the American Outsider artist Henry Darger. With a fully up-to-date biography bibliography & exhibition history this continues to be the definitive book on one of the most popular & important artists of our time."