TURNER Prize winner Grayson Perry has criticised modern artists for not being entertaining enough.
Perry, who won the prize in 2003, has told The Herald Magazine that some artists need to be more accessible. "We're in the leisure industry. People go to galleries on their day off. They don't want their time wasted."
Perry, 54, also said he felt there was a "curious vintage feel" about this year's Turner Prize shortlist, which is dominated by video art. "I was in an editing suite talking to an editor about the Turner Prize and he said they should 'learn to bloody edit. Come and work with me on The X Factor'."
The Turner Prize has been dominated by Scottish artists in recent years and three of this year's shortlist, Tris Vonna-Michell, Duncan Campbell and Ciara Phillips, all attended Glasgow School of Art. But Perry, who is famous for his pots and tapestries, said he was intolerant of bad craft. "I think often the delusional idea that what they're doing is exotic is seen as an excuse for bad craftmanship and I think the 20th century has worn that all out now. If you're going to do a film or a performance do it well. I'm not saying it has to be like Strictly Come Dancing."
Perry has a new TV series - Grayson Perry: Who Are You? beginning on Channel 4 next week and an accompanying exhibition opening at the National Portrait Gallery in London. He is also involved in a project in Essex with the organisation Living Architecture. "I'm missing doing work just for me," he said. "I get these big projects - TV, a show at the British Museum, the house in Essex - and they're enormous amounts of work. I'd quite like to bugger about sometimes just for myself."
Perry, who is also famous for his transvestite alter ego Claire, said his 50s have been "bloody excellent" and he would now like to show more in Europe. "I'm always hamstrung by making things that take forever. I can't fill the Guggenheim in Bilbao. It's not going to happen."
n In tomorrow's Herald Magazine Grayson Perry talks about celebrity, transvestism and parenthood.
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