The Tomb Of The Unknown Craftsman.
So I've now visited the British Museum THREE times in a space of 5 days, because I have been trying to get into the Greyson Perry exhibition. I suppose it was completely pompous of me to not be excited or for me to be annoyed and shocked when the tickets were sold out twice on the run but finally (after actually booking the tickets 2 days in advance and turning up and hour and a half early on a rainy miserable afternoon) I got in and the wait was most definitely worth it. There was a sense of humour which smothered the whole exhibition it was refreshing, I think anyone who took it too seriously should have been asked to leave personally. His references to todays popular culture which glided through the exhibition were true and funny and relevant. What annoys me though as with most good exhibitions is that it is no photographs allowed, even though I know its coming it will continue to disappoint me for the rest of my life. I loved the whole exhibition but I'm going to choose a couple of my favourites to talk about (and the ones I can find pictures of on the internet).
Map of Truths and Beliefs.
The tapestry shows the possibility of pilgrimage. The landscape in the back is a graveyard, it has names of places all over as you can see in the second picture, he has also written things like, Stone Henge, Glastonbury and Ground Zero. The woman in black represents the contemporary world, the bear is raw emotion, the boy is innocent logic and the woman in the folk outfit represents tradition.
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