Tim Williams Fine Art are excited to announce their first print release with photographer Richard Ansett.
The prints will be available to purchase via www.timwilliamsfineart.com or email tim@timwilliamsfineart.com for any enquiries.
Grayson Perry: Big American Road Trip #1 and Grayson Perry: Big American Road Trip #2 are an edition of 8 prints. Printed on archival pigment print, Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl paper 285gsm, measuring 100 x 77.4cm, with accompanying certificate of authenticity, embossed and editioned by the artist.
The prints are photographic portriats of the celebrated British artist Grayson Perry as his female alter-ego Claire. The two photographs were created for the Channel 4 documentary series Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip which premieres on the 23rd September at 10pm. The series will see Grayson Perry travel across the United States of America on his custom Harley-Davidson motorcycle, in an attempt to explore the meaning of the American Dream today.
Richard Ansett (born 20 February 1966) is an award winning photographer known for his provocative and thought-provoking images. Richard has a long established collaborative working relationship with the artist Grayson Perry, he has worked with Perry ever year since 2013 developing photographic strategies to promote Perry’s documentaries of contemporary British life. This relationship yielded the exhibition ‘Birth’ at London’s Fitzrovia Chapel in 2019, and more recently has resulted in these stunning promotional images for the forthcoming Channel 4 documentary Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip. The three-part series will be broadcast on Channel 4 on the 23rd September at 10pm. Alongside the documentary ‘Grayson Perry: The MOST Specialest Relationship’ – an exhibition inspired by Grayson’s travels across the USA is being held at the Victoria Miro Gallery.
Richard Ansett’s achievements in the world of photography are considerable. His works can be found in prestigious permanent collections including the National Portrait Gallery, London, the National Library and Archives Canada, Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Smithsonian Institution. He has won countless photography awards including 1st Prize at the Sony World Photography Awards 2019, People’s Choice Award, Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2018/19, 1st Prize Moscow International Foto Awards 2014, Overall Winner Art Laguna Prize ’13, 1st Prize Grand Prix de la Decouverte ’13, Gold Award – Prix de la Photographie ‘11.
For further reading, Richard’s interviews with the National Portrait Gallery and the Guardian newspaper provide a good insight into his methods, approaches and creative process.
