Grayson Perry - Images responding to male societal sectors.

These two pieces have been created by Grayson Perry in response to how male centred politics and the financial system are.

The sculpture named ‘ Object in Foreground’  is coved in bank notes , leading bankers and politicians. George Osborne for example who features multiple times . His aim behind it ‘ I was thinking of an object that could hold its own among all the marble but drew attention to the unquestioned maleness of its world’(Perry,(date viewed 16/12/16 ),http://www.cityam.com/)    There is an aspect of school boy humour in this piece , and this works ironically along with the male dominant culture that Perry states occurs in these sectors. It also suggests that it is quite an alpha male environment but it is taking this in a humours tone with this too. The images are spread hectically throughout the image and these reflect the busy environment Perry has based the work on but they are also quite dulled down colours on the imagery used. This could again be another reflection dull way business and men of power in a very generic way. However there could be said that there is juxtaposition to the piece as it is made out of clay and this is a fragile material. So it could be saying about the under fragility of an alpha male.

 

The Wood cut entitled ‘ Animal Sprit’ consists of a half bear man , half bull which also has a massive phallus. This is a power image, the half bull aspect represents a powerful and male animal, also represents Hegemonic masculinity. The bear too is a powerful animal and the creature is standing powerfully over the city and a baby, this also shows that it has a status of power and control.  The big phallus in both images also give the suggestion that the bigger it is the more of a man you are. ‘ There’s no disputing what it is… it’s a big cock’ (Perry,(date viewed 16/12/16 ),http://www.cityam.com/) This piece is also meant to be displayed within the same environment as the sculpture. And also the material of wood is a strong material and the fact that that each line had to be etched into it could reflect the strength of labour.