MARGATE.- British artist and Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry will produce an exclusive collection for Turner Contemporary’s shop to coincide with the gallery’s summer exhibition Provincial Punk (23 May until 13 September 2015).

The collection, inspired by the exhibition and designed in collaboration with Kit Grover, includes: a 100% silk square scarf with a motif of fragments of Perry’s signature ceramics (retail price £85); a plate (retail price £35) and a mug (retail price £16.00). All three items will be available for purchase in Turner Contemporary’s shop and online www.turner-contemporary-shop.myshopify.com from 23 May.

Turner Contemporary’s Provincial Punk explores Perry’s uniquely subversive practice, from a young artist forging his own artistic language in 1980’s Britain to his status today as one of the most prominent and incisive commentators on contemporary society and culture. More than 50 works from 1981 until 2014 will be presented, including ceramics, tapestries, drawings, prints and films.

Described as ‘a great chronicler of contemporary life’, Grayson Perry is well known for his beautifully crafted artworks that combine autobiographical reference with wry social commentary on themes ranging from class, taste, consumerism and war, to art versus craft.

Born in Chelmsford, Essex in 1960, Grayson Perry lives and works in London. Perry was the winner of the 2003 Turner Prize, and has had major solo exhibitions at The National Portrait Gallery, London (2014-2015); Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (2008); 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (2007); Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (2006); Barbican Art Gallery, London (2002); and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2002). Perry has also curated three exhibitions, most recently the critically acclaimed Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman at the British Museum, London (2011-2012), which was preceded by Unpopular Culture, de la Warr Pavilion (then touring) (2008) and The Charms of Lincolnshire, The Collection, Lincoln (2006).

In 2012 Perry created a series of six new tapestries entitled The Vanity of Small Differences, which were initially displayed at Victoria Miro and subsequently on a major nation-wide tour. The making of these tapestries was chronicled in a 3-part documentary on Channel 4: All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry was broadcast in June 2012 and won a BAFTA for Best Specialist Factual Programme in 2013. In June 2013 Perry was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.