"Grayson Perry: Who Are You?" is a show presented by artist Grayson Perry as he looks at what he describes as 'Modern Tribes' meaning small groups of people that wouldn't normally be described as a tribe. He met with various 'Tribes' and individuals;
Ex-MP Chris Huhne, Rylan Clark from X-Factor, a Muslim convert, a young transgender man, the Jesus Army, a white gay couple with a mixed-race son, a couple living with Alzheimer's, a group of Irish Loyalists, a group of 'Big Beautiful Women', and the Culture of Deaf people.
He tries to represent these people as best he can through small meetings and sketching sessions in an attempt to capture their own personal identities as individuals, and as their 'tribes'.
Grayson Perry asks various questions to his subjects about various things to do with how they view themselves and how they see their own personal identity, this helps him to get a clear understanding of his subject, and produce a piece of art that through image and medium produces a portrait.
I thought that the portraits were very well produced and thought out, and accurately depicted the Modern Tribes that these people belong to.
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