2003-12-08
... ?BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | Transvestite potter wins Turner
Pottery artist Grayson Perry, who creates vases depicting subjects like death and child abuse, has won this year's Turner Prize. Perry accepted the award in a dress, as his female alter-ego Claire, thanked his wife and said he was "stunned". A popular choice among the public, he beat off competition from the favourites, the Chapman brothers.
