Grayson Perry
Serpentine Gallery, London, until Sept 10
Who’s a clever boy then? Grayson Perry, it seems, to his many admirers. Hitherto I’ve tended to be heretical, a sceptic as regards the performance, suspecting that the whole “Claire” shtick, complete with blobby lipstick, box-pleat party frocks and girly accessories, is too obviously a case of “Let’s épater les bourgeois for everything they’re worth.” Not this time, however. At an exhibition subtitled The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!, your reviewer shrinks to the level of a political journalist in the wake of the recent election trying to convince readers that after weeks of trashing Corbyn, they always knew he had it in him.
