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Playing to the Gallery Helping Contemporary Art in Its Struggle to Be Understood

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Publisher's Synopsis

'I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times

Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book Playing to the Gallery and not 'Sucking up to an Academic Elite'). Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this funny, personal journey through the art world answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask.

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Penguin Books

The first ten paperback Penguin books appeared in 1935 costing 6d each (the price of a packet of cigarettes). Since then the Penguin list has developed enormously, but still aims to bring the best writing to the widest possible audience. Penguin Paperbacks now range from Booker Prize-winning contemporary authors, to mass market bestsellers, with successful history, biography and general non-fiction as well.

Book information

ISBN: 9780141979618
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 709.05
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 137
Weight: 132g
Height: 130mm
Width: 198mm
Spine width: 11mm