
What The Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley
David Shrigley(Author)
Canongate Books (Publisher)
Published on 16. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-84767-863-8 (ISBN)
Description
A beautifully designed and darkly comic collection of work, this book gathers together the best of Shrigley's work, old and new. It is a celebration of the surreal world of one of our finest contemporary artists.
Reviews / Votes
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 * *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84767-863-8 (9781847678638)
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David Shrigley
What The Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley
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09/2010
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Persons
David Shrigley was born in Macclesfield in 1968 and studied at Glasgow School of Art. He has worked as a sculptor, photographer and 'environment artist' and, most famously, as a cartoonist and illustrator. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2013 and his work has been exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, at the MoMA in New York, and in Paris, Berlin, Melbourne and beyond. He has published over twenty books, and has animated a music video for Blur and produced another for Bonny Prince Billy. His work has also been profiled in a documentary for Channel 4 and he was invited to hold a major, four-month retrospective at the Hayward Gallery in London. He lives and works in Glasgow.