Map of An Englishman

Grayson Perry reveals the reasoning behind his controversial work:"I want to make something that lives with the eye as a beautiful piece of art, but on closer inspection, a polemic or an ideology will come out of it.
His 'Map of an Englishman', is a map of his own brain, with the appearance of an island, it bears the vague resemblance to the two sides of the human brain. At first sight it appears to be a mock-Tudor etch, but place names reveal a world of confusion, surrounded by Schizophrenia, Psychopath, Delirium, Bipolar Disorder, Anorexia Nervosa ect... a large creepy forest is named Fear and his many Church's, castles, hills and houses bear the names of character traits. Divided into counties such Romance, Tender, Bitch, Guru Cliche. There are only limited areas bearing the names Normal Easy. Posh is a region where the place names express elements we attribute to the social class we call posh: Chardonnay, School Run and Yoga Bulemic. Posted by - Mary Allardyce