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Faith In Shopping
Mixed Media

Grayson Perry

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Medium: Mixed Media

Edition size: 50

Year: 2008

Size: H 6cm x W 6cm

Signed: No

Format: Mixed Media

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The value of Grayson Perry's Faith In Shopping, created in 2008, is estimated to be worth between £2,900 and £4,400. This mixed media artwork is a rare piece, having been sold twice since its initial sale on 18th December 2017. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
Hammer Price
Return to Seller
Buyer Paid
January 2020Forum Auctions London United Kingdom
December 2017Bonhams New Bond Street United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

In 2008, on the occasion of the British Museum’s show Medals Of Dishonour, which the artist helped to organise, Perry was asked to contribute to the show by pairing the museum’s selection of historical medals from the 16th to the 20th century with a contemporary piece. According to the curator of the show, Medals Of Dishonour called attention to those medals that “condemn rather than celebrate their subjects” with an ironic and dark-humoured tone that fit Perry’s artistic agenda perfectly.

Faith In Shopping, in tune with the rest of the exhibition, is a satirical and mocking commentary on the politics of consumer culture and capitalistic materialism. The image appropriates traditional post-conquest South American portrayals of the Virgin and uses them to portray Our Lady Of Bond Street, in reference to the famous shopping venue. Rather than a devout Virgin, Our Lady Of Bond Street is instead surrounded by designer brands and is committed to shopping, the purse in her arm referencing famous designer handbags. The piece then reads as a satirical commentary of the reverential attitude towards consumer goods, a theme that Perry explores repeatedly throughout his work in pieces like The Vanity Of Small Differences.

Despite its simplicity, Perry’s medal offers once again a witty commentary on societal habits covered in humour and art historical references.

The highest value realised for a work by Grayson Perry was in October 2017, when I Want To Be An Artist fetched £632,750 at Christie's, London. The values achieved for Perry's work at auction regularly land in the hundreds of thousands of pounds.