Artwork of the week

At the center of the tapestry, a young couple cast one last, terrified glance at the scene they are leaving behind: a dark exterior threatened by an oncoming storm, from which figures send them hostile signals. In the half of the tapestry toward which they are heading, diners seated at an opulent table welcome them with raised glasses. The couple is portrayed as Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise.

Grayson Perry works across a wide range of media, including ceramics, textiles, and all kinds of everyday objects. He uses both images and text to construct his own social anthropology and to expose his personal experiences, often in a caustic and psychologically complex tone. His work with tapestries has been documented in the series All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry, which goes beyond mere documentation to become an artistic work in its own right.