George Osborne chooses Grayson Perry

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George Osborne chooses Grayson Perry
George Osborne drew on an unlikely source of inspiration as he finalised plans for the most radical public spending cuts for a generation this summer, it has emerged.

By Rosa Prince and Robert Winnett 6:00AM GMT 11 Nov 2010

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8124360/George-Osborne-selects-art-by-Grayson-Perry-as-inspiration.html

Rather than shelves of dusty economic tomes, or statistics charts relating to the dire state of the public finances, he chose to line his office walls with cutting edge modern art – including an etching called "Print for a Politician" by a transsexual potter.

The work is by Grayson Perry, who is also known by his female alter-ego of Claire, who won the Turner Prize in 2003 for a ceramic pot featuring images of child abuse.