A British Artist’s Take On The Console Wars

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Ceramic artist and part time social critic Grayson Perry created an elaborate tapestry with personified corporations. Surprisingly, Perry’s work also covered the main three console manufacturers, so I snapped a few photos of the piece from a recent art show.

 

Here’s Nintendo getting kicked in the face by Wrigley’s for some reason.

 

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Microsoft is a giant bird?

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And Sony is… a huge woman holding a designer purse.

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This creation deviates from Perry’s vases, which you can see here.


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