John Angerson, Artist, Grayson Perry, Hackney, London, UK. 2...

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£300 - £400

John Angerson, Artist, Grayson Perry, Hackney, London, UK. 2012
Print 10 of 25 - (2 AP)
Additional information - This image was commissioned by the London Times Saturday Magazine. Angerson was tasked to create a portrait of the renowned artist Grayson Perry. He poses with his cherished 60-year-old childhood teddy bear called ‘Alan Measles’. It was named after his best friend Alan who was a neighbour and the "Measles" part came from Alan's comforting presence when Perry, aged three, was ill in bed with measles. The bear, worn and threadbare from years of love, serves as a poignant symbol of Perry's enduring creativity and the childlike wonder that fuels his artistic genius.

Chromogenic print, lustre finish. Signed verso. Print size: 16x12 inches (40.64cm x 30.48cm). With a signed Certificate of Authentication

John Angerson (b.1969 Bristol, England) started his career in the early 1990s, covering the fall of the Berlin Wall and the changing geopolitical landscape of Eastern Europe. Since then, his work has continued to explore the different languages of documentary photography, focusing on how specific communities form, shift and develop. His projects have garnered critical acclaim and exhibited at major art institutions in the UK and overseas. His monograph - Love, Power, Sacrifice (published by Dewi Lewis, Manchester) documented the Jesus Army over twenty years and peers into a microcosm of a fanatical religion. His most recent book; English Journey (published by B&W studio, Leeds) was a 4-year photographic travelogue across England in the footsteps of Bradford author J.B. Priestley. The work presents a purposefully non-nostalgic, contemporary view of England. It casts the lens on the globalized economic framework at call centres, transnational hotel chains and the co-dependency of international outsourcing. The work was shown in exhibitions across the UK and Europe and the book has sold across three continents since its publication. He now splits his time between shooting personal projects, teaching at various Universities and shooting features and portraiture for various magazines, charities and design agencies.