The article discusses Grayson Perry's new exhibition, 'Delusions of Grandeur,' at the Wallace Collection in London, alongside a portrait portfolio by photographer Richard Ansett. Ansett, who has a long-standing collaboration with Perry, expresses his desire to capture the artist's serious side against the backdrop of his public persona. Notably, one of the photographs will serve as Perry’s 65th birthday portrait. The piece highlights the depth of their artistic partnership and Ansett's transformative approach to portraying Perry.
I had researched pictures of Grayson before I met him and they were very frivolous: very jolly, very smiley. But my impression of him was that this was a very serious artist in a dress. I really wanted to capture that.
Affable in repose, Ansett claims he turns into a ruthless "monster" once a camera is in his hands. But this clearly doesn't faze Perry because the pair have been collaborating for more than a dozen years.
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