Solo show
Grayson Perry. Fitting In and Standing Out
11 Nov 2022 — 26 Mar 2023 at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
· Oslo
Grayson Perry. Fitting In and Standing Out brings together works by one of Britain's most celebrated contemporary artists at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. Known for his elaborately decorated ceramics, tapestries, and prints, Perry uses craft traditions as a vehicle for sharp social commentary — probing identity, class, taste, and belonging.
The exhibition title captures a central paradox in Perry's practice: the simultaneous desire to conform and to rebel, to blend into society while loudly asserting one's difference. Visitors can expect a rich survey of his career, tracing how personal biography and broader cultural observation have shaped his distinctive visual language.
The exhibition title captures a central paradox in Perry's practice: the simultaneous desire to conform and to rebel, to blend into society while loudly asserting one's difference. Visitors can expect a rich survey of his career, tracing how personal biography and broader cultural observation have shaped his distinctive visual language.
About the artist
Grayson Perry
1960 · contemporary art
Sir Grayson Perry is an English artist, writer, broadcaster, performer, drag act and singer. Known for drag, ceramic vases and tapestries, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "prejudices, fashions and foibles".
About the artist →About the venue
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
· Oslo
The National Museum is a museum in Oslo, Norway which holds the Norwegian state's public collection of art, architecture, and design objects. The collection totals over 400,000 works, amongst them the first copy of Edvard Munch's The Scream from 1893. The museum is state-owned and managed by the…