What The Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley

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Funny, profound and surprising all at the same time -- Harry Hill A brilliant new volume * * Scotland on Sunday * * David Shrigley is probably the funniest gallery-type artist who ever lived. -- Dave Eggers Consistently funny * * Daily Telegraph * * [A] master of modern surrealism . . . a must for fans of the absurd * * Evening Standard * * On the kink of his line Shrigley can shift effortlessly from pathos to paranoia. And his work is funny - very funny - his timing devastatingly effective. -- Will Self Weird, funny, abject, wise, silly, savage, moral and engaging. * * Independent * * With a casual gesture Shrigley points to that hideous shape whose name I've never known - and then he names it. And the name is profoundly, embarrassingly familiar. I'm laughing while frantically searching for a pen, so desperate to capture the feeling he has unearthed in me. -- Miranda July Shrigley's comedy appears to confirm the belief of great humourists (from Laurence Sterne to Woody Allen) that laughter is synonymous with hope. In the arena of contemporary art, Shrigley's work maintains a dualism, which is rare, rewarding and ultimately generous. * * Frieze * * David Shrigley is a rare thing in the art world: someone whose work people - normal(ish) people - actually love * * The Skinny * *