GRAYSON PERRY, 'THE VANITIES OF SMALL DIFFERENCES'

Recently I made a trip up to London to attend the press view of the British Museum's new exhibition, Shakespeare: Staging the World for CUB Magazine. After the viewing I had the whole day to kill before going for a behind the scenes tour at Blythe House, which houses the Victoria and Albert Museum's Theatre & Performance archives, with some of the members of CreateVoice. Jess and I headed down to the Victoria Miro to have a look at the new Grayson Perry exhibition, 'The Vanity of Small Differences'. It was truly worth the effort - Perry's tapestries are absolutely stunning. I'm not a huge fan of his ceramics in terms of aesthetics, though I love his concepts. However, the tapestries are beautiful bright creations telling a story of an imaginary computer software genius from his roots to his messy ending, surviving class boundaries as he builds his life. One thing I particularly loved about the pieces was the recurring imagery, little dogs in every picture, and text weaving itself through the images and becoming part of the piece. The final tapestry was my favourite: the tragic death of the protagonist, held in a passing nurse's arms in a scene reminiscent of Christ's crucifixion. I have pictures of the whole tapestries (which are huge, well over seven feet wide) but I'm not going to put them up here, because everyone should go see for themselves! 

If anyone's been to see them, I'd love to know what you thought!