British Artist Grayson Perry's recent exhibition consisted of a number of responses to objects that he chose from the vast collection of the British Museum. The resultant work was exhibited along side the original items in a unique experiment for the museum.
Perry has risen to prominence since winning the Turner prize in 2003. He is known for his 'craft' based autobiographical work influenced by outsider and tribal art. He is also famous for being an avowed transvestite and received his Turner prize dressed as a women. He often appears in public in outlandish and funny outfits.
He is a thoughtful, witty and individual artist who could almost be described as the antidote to Damien Hirst with his humane, compassionate and often beautifully made work.
The short video from U Tube gives an idea of the exhibition and if you are interested there are many more videos of Perry talking about aspects of his work.