Page 13 - Barnsley Museums Autumn Winter 2019

Until Sun 22 Dec
Seek out dragons, fairies and beasts at
the Museum! New displays of weird and
wonderful creatures decorating pots,
plates and figurines will open as part of the
Cracking Ceramics! project. See how many
dragons you can find, friendly or fierce,
find mermaids, fairies and legends from
around the world. Choose your favourite
from the displays, take our family trail
around the museum, and be inspired to
create your own extraordinary creature.
The exhibition and trail are free, take a
look at our activities and events too.

Grayson Perry
Spirit Jar

Sat 19 Oct to Sun 5 Jan 2020
Grayson Perry is best known for his decorative and
seductive pots. ‘Spirit Jar’ has been decorated with
intricate and highly charged images that subvert
the domesticity usually associated with ceramics.
Perry recently wrote: ‘When I made “Spirit Jar” one
of my bugbears was “Spirituality” which I still find
“problematic” as they say in the art world. Woolly
mysticism has always annoyed me more so than ever
in these “Da Vinci Code” days’.
Grayson Perry was catapulted into the public
consciousness in 2003 for winning the Turner Prize,
and for accepting his award in the guise of his alter
ego, Claire.
As part of the Cracking Ceramics project and in
partnership with the Arts Council Collection, Barnsley
Museums are delighted to bring one of the world’s
most influential ceramic artists to Cannon Hall.