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For his first solo exhibition at the gallery since 2012 and first exhibition at Victoria Miro Mayfair Grayson Perry presents new work including pots, sculpture, large-scale prints, a tapestry and a carpet. In these new works, the artist casts an anthropological eye on the heady collision of art, money, power and desire. The assertion of identity through cultural or consumer choices and what these reveal about us, perhaps unintentionally, is one theme of a show that broaches the slippery concepts of meaning and significance what can be authentically experienced or simply acquired. New pots include Shopping for Meaning, adorned with images of the artist in wig, headscarf and various outfits standing in front of Mayfairs designer stores, their logos visible behind him. Searching for Authenticity collects together symbols of rebellion and rites of passage the leather jacket, the beard, the CND banner as if they were a catalogue of lifestyle choices. Fittingly slender in form, Thin Woman with Painting depicts an immaculate contemporary art patron at home with her collection which, on close inspection, includes works remarkably similar to Perrys own: a pot bearing the names of philosophers and theorists, and a tapestry of an urban landscape featuring words and phrases such as appalling wifi and cultural desert.
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- 01 August – Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designer
- 01 August – Lionel Bart (1930–1999), British writer & composer of pop music and musicals, including Oliver!
- 02 August – James Baldwin (1924–1987), American novelist
- 04 August – Walter Pater (1839–1894), English essayist & art critic
- 04 August – Marcus Urban (1971–), German footballer & diversity adviser
- 04 August – Rudi van Dantzig (1933–2012), Dutch choreographer, ballet dancer & writer
- 05 August – Heward Grafftey (1928–2010), Canadian politician & business executive
- 06 August – Jim McGreevey (1957–), American seminarian & politician, and former Governor of New Jersey
- 06 August – Andy Warhol (1928–1987), American painter, printmaker & filmmaker
- 08 August – Michael Urie (1980–), American actor, television producer & director
- 09 August – Michael Kors (1959–), American fashion designer
- 10 August – Andrew Sullivan (1963–), English author & political commentator
- 11 August – Angus Wilson (1913–1991), English novelist & short story writer
- 13 August – Herb Ritts (1952–2002), American fashion photographer
- 13 August – Domenico Dolce (1958–), Italian fashion designer and co-founder of Dolce & Gabbana
- 13 August – Sam Champion (1961–), American television personality & weather anchor
- 14 August – Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), German-American fashion photographer
- 14 August – Nick Grimshaw, also known as Grimmy (1984–), English radio & television presenter
- 14 August – Mark Pocan (1964–), American Democratic congressman for Wisconsin
- 18 August – Marcel Carné (1906–1996), French film director
- 19 August – Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990), American magazine publisher
- 21 August – Miguel Vale de Almeida (1960–), Portuguese anthropologist, LGBT activist, professor & politician
- 24 August – Stephen Fry (1957–), English actor, screenwriter, comedian & television presenter
- 24 August – Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), gay liberation activist
- 25 August – Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886), King of Bavaria
- 25 August – Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American conductor, composer, music lecturer & pianist
- 25 August – Rob Halford (1951–), English singer & songwriter, and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Judas Priest
- 26 August – Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986), English novelist
- 27 August – Tom Ford (1961–), American fashion designer & film director
- 29 August – Jean Lorrain (1855–1906), French poet, novelist & dandy
- 30 August – Ben Bradshaw (1960–), British Labour politician, former Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, and former MP for Exeter
