Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman

The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London
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This event ended on Sunday 26th of February 2012
Admission
£10, concessions available
Location

The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London

Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Tottenham Court Road 0.25 miles

Grayson Perry curates an installation of his new works alongside objects made by unknown men and women throughout history from the British Museum’s collection.

He’ll take you to an afterlife conjured from his imaginary world, exploring a range of themes connected with notions of craftsmanship and sacred journeys – from shamanism, magic and holy relics to motorbikes, identity and contemporary culture.

Vases covered in witty captions, elaborate tapestries
and the centrepiece, a richly decorated cast iron coffin-ship, will be displayed alongside objects from the past two million years of culture and civilisation. From the
first great invention, the hand axe, to a Hello Kitty pilgrim hand-towel, you will discover a reality that is old and
new, poetic and factual, and funny as well as grim.

‘This is a memorial to all the anonymous craftsmen that over the centuries have fashioned the manmade wonders of the world…
The craftsman’s anonymity I find especially resonant in an age of the celebrity artist.’
Grayson Perry RA, Turner Prize winner

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