Pot
Collection
MC
Brief description
Earthenware glazed in various colours, decorated with depictions of nine people and other figures, with a poem written on one side, and an incised brown clay cross attached to the body. Grayson Perry, 1996.
Title
Mad Kid's Bedroom Wall Pot
Object number (per part)
P.442
Object name (per part)
pot
Location - controlled (per part)
Short Term Loan Out
Production person
Perry, Grayson
Production date
1996
Production place
London
Material
earthenware
copper oxide
copper oxide
Technique
glazed
coil built
inlaid
painted
coil built
inlaid
painted
Physical description
Ceramic pot depicting nine people. A poem is written on one side. "I was a mad kid and I ain't. I did my 'ead in poster paint, I pinned it up above my bed by the photo of my dead pup, but after what my real dad said I took it down and tore it up. I was a mad kid and now I ain't. I got out 'coz I could paint." Eight small clay brown circles attached. Depictions of two women, two horses and a cross also attached in brown incised clay.
Dimensions
height: 44cm
diameter: 43.1cm
diameter: 43.1cm
Object history note
Prior to its acquisition by the Crafts Council, this object was displayed at a solo show at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery in London (December 1996 - February 1997).