“This major exhibition will feature over 80 modern and contemporary artworks by internationally renowned artists who explore themes of gender, sexuality and identity in art.
A ground-breaking and vital exhibition which marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in England and Wales (1967 Sexual Offences Act). Taking 1967 as a starting point, the exhibition will reveal new research into LGBT history and visual culture showcasing artworks from The Arts Council Collection, National Museums Liverpool and Birmingham’s collection”
Grayson Perry: Claire’s Coming out dress, 2000
Grayson Perry is an artist and activist, there is a strong autobiographical element in Perry’s work, in which images of Perry as “Claire” his female alter ego and and “Alan Measles”, his childhood teddy bear, often appear.
Perry describes himself as a ‘transvestite’, in this piece Perry is dressed as Claire, wearing a dress with penises embroidered onto it and other works that are suggestive of transitioning and transgender. Personally, I like the concept of this work and the way the dress and the embroidering contradict each other.
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