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'''Niall Macdonald''' (born 1980) is a Scottish visual artist. He

==Early life and education==
Macdonald was born in 1980 in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. He received his Master of Fine Art from the Glasgow School of Art in 2008.

==Work==
As well as authoring several books, he directed the video for [[Blur (band)|Blur]]'s "[[Good Song]]" and also for [[Will Oldham|Bonnie 'Prince' Billy]]'s "Agnes, Queen of Sorrow".<ref>{{Cite web|title = Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Agnes, Queen of Sorrow, Drag City|url = http://www.dragcity.com/products/agnes-queen-of-sorrow|website = www.dragcity.com|access-date = 2016-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = David Shrigley Animations|url = http://www.davidshrigley.com/animation/animations.html|website = www.davidshrigley.com|access-date = 2016-01-30}}</ref> In 2005 he designed a [[London Underground]] leaflet cover. Since 2005, he has contributed a cartoon for ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s ''Weekend'' magazine every Saturday.<ref>{{Cite web|title = David Shrigley {{!}} Paddle8|url = https://paddle8.com/artists/david-shrigley/|website = Paddle8|access-date = 2016-01-30}}</ref> Other projects have included the album ''Worried Noodles'' (Tom Lab, 2007) where musicians interpret his writings as lyrics, including collaborations by David Byrne, [[Hot Chip]], and [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]].
Shrigley co-directed a film with director [[Chris Shepherd]] called ''[[Who I Am And What I Want]]'', based on Shrigley's book of the same title, with [[Kevin Eldon]] voicing its main character, Pete.<ref>{{cite web|title=Films : Who I Am and What I Want|url=http://www.animateonline.org/films/whoiamandwhatiwant/|publisher=animate!|year=2005}}</ref> Shrigley also produced a series of drawings and T-shirt designs for the 2006 [[Triptych (festival)|Triptych]] festival, a Scottish music festival lasting for three to four days in three cities. He also designed twelve different covers for [[Deerhoof]]'s 2007 record, ''[[Friend Opportunity]]''.<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39950/New_Deerhoof_Album_to_Feature_12_Covers ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061224143120/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39950/New_Deerhoof_Album_to_Feature_12_Covers |date=24 December 2006 }}</ref> In the same year he also designed the title sequence for the film ''[[Hallam Foe]]'', as well as the drawings and the writing in Hallam's on-screen diaries. [[File:KingsleyMascot.jpg|thumbnail|Shrigley's mascot [[Kingsley (mascot)|Kingsley]] in [[George Square]], [[Glasgow]]]]

In 2014, [[Jonathan Jones (journalist)|Jonathan Jones]] reviewed Shrigley's work ''Brass Tooth'', writing, "David Shrigley must have had a big, toothy grin when he created multiple editions of his sculpture ''Brass Tooth'', which goes on sale for £1,200 a pop at the London art fair this week. It is a cast of a single tooth – including the roots – and is typical of Shrigley's sly, subversive, humorous art in how it brings a modern art cliche crashing down to Earth".<ref name="The Guardian 15 January 2014">{{cite news |last= Jones |first= Jonathan |title= Would you pay £1,200 for one of David Shrigley's teeth? |url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/jan/15/david-shrigley-brass-tooth-london-art-fair| date= 15 January 2014|newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |location=London| accessdate=26 January 2016 }}</ref>

In 2015, he designed ''"[[Kingsley (mascot)|Kingsley]]"'', a mascot for Scottish football team [[Partick Thistle]] as part of a sponsorship deal. The mascot's design was the object of some amusement, with Scottish [[BuzzFeed]] reporter Jamie Ross describing it as "based on every nightmare I had as a child."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ross|first1=Jamie|title=Twitter post|url=https://twitter.com/JamieRoss7/status/612968788095553536|website=Twitter|accessdate=23 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Partick Thistle unveil 'terrifying' new mascot Kingsley|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-33225555|website=www.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Grez|first1=Matias|title=Partick Thistle's new mascot Kingsley: Scary or sun-like?|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/22/football/partick-thistle-kingsley-mascot-football/|website=www.cnn.com|publisher=CNN|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bull|first1=JJ|title=Partick Thistle unveil utterly terrifying new mascot|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/babb/11691493/Partick-Thistle-unveil-utterly-terrifying-new-mascot.html|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|publisher=Telegraph|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Really Good, Trafalgar Square, London, October 2016 (03).JPG|thumbnail|''Really Good'' on the [[Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square|Fourth plinth]] of London's [[Trafalgar Square]], October 2016.]]

Shrigley's sculpture ''Really Good'' was installed on Trafalgar Square's [[Fourth Plinth]] in September 2016.<ref name="Guardian 29 September 2016">{{cite news |last= Jones |first= Jonathan| authorlink= Jonathan Jones (journalist)| title= Thumbs up to David Shrigley's fabulously feel-bad fourth plinth |url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/29/david-shrigley-really-good-fourth-plinth-trafalgar-square| date= 29 September 2016 |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |location=London| accessdate= 5 October 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Financial Times 7 February 2014">{{cite news |last= Pickford |first= James |title= Thumbs up for David Shrigley and Hans Haacke sculptures in London| url= http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b331eccc-8fe7-11e3-aee9-00144feab7de.html#axzz2svxCWwNj | date= 15 January 2014|newspaper= [[Financial Times]] |location=London| accessdate=26 January 2016 }}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
Recent notable solo exhibitions include Animate, The Turku art Museum, Finland (2011); Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts, Glasgow, Scotland (2010); New Powers, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany (2009); David Shrigley, [[Museum Ludwig]], Cologne, Germany (2008); BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (2008); Everything Must Have a Name, Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden (2007) and David Shrigley, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland (2006).<ref name="stephenfriedman1">[http://www.stephenfriedman.com/exhibitions/past/2012/david-shrigley-arms-fayre/ David Shrigley - Arms Fayre, 8 February 2012 - 10 March 2012]. Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.</ref>

Shrigley is represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery, London<ref name=sfg>{{cite web|title=David Shrigley|url=http://www.stephenfriedman.com/#/artists/david-shrigley|publisher=Stephen Friedman Gallery}}</ref> and [[Anton Kern Gallery]], New York.<ref name=ylg>{{cite web|title=David Shrigley |url=http://antonkerngallery.com/artist/david-shrigley.}}</ref>

[[Jason Mraz]] took the name of his album ''[[We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.]]'' from a work by Shrigley.<ref name=sdm>{{cite book|last=Blair|first=Tom|title=San Diego Magazine|publisher=CurtCo/SDM LLC|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46|page=46|date=November 2008}}</ref>

In January 2016, Shrigley's work was part of a [[British Council]]-organised touring exhibition.<ref name="NYT Arts Beat blog Jan 2016">{{cite news |last= Shea |first= Christopher D. |title= What’s on This Week Around the World |url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/15/whats-on-this-week-around-the-world-59/?ref=arts&_r=0| date= 15 January 2016|newspaper= [[The New York Times]] |location=New York| accessdate= 26 January 2016 }}</ref> Previewing the touring ''David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind'' exhibition before it opened in [[Guadalajara]], Mexico, BBC Arts said: "Best known for his crudely composed and mordantly humorous cartoons, David Shrigley is a highly popular British artist […] Featuring works as diverse as cartoonish ceramic boots, doodle-like drawings and a headless, stuffed ostrich, the exhibition highlights Shrigley's lively, irreverent imagination in full flow".<ref name="BBC Online 7 January 2015">{{cite web | title= David Shrigley's invitation to Lose Your Mind in Mexico |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/7dF575zwVM97K7qckKZcvG/david-shrigleys-invitation-to-lose-your-mind-in-mexico| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date= 7 January 2015| website= [[BBC Online]] | accessdate= 27 January 2016 }}</ref> In the same month, he contributed to the Liverpool Provocations event in [[Liverpool]]’s city centre.<ref name="Liverpool Echo 20 January 2016">{{cite news |last= Jones |first= Catherine |title= Liverpool 'Big Mouth' is reading city shoppers' thoughts |url= http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/liverpool-big-mouth-reading-city-10758371| date= 20 January 2016|newspaper= [[Liverpool Echo]] |location=Liverpool| accessdate=26 January 2016 }}</ref>

==Music==
In 2006, Shrigley's first spoken-word album ''Shrigley Forced to Speak With Others'' was released by Azuli Records.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shrigley Forced To Speak With Others - Shrigley Forced To Speak With Others|url = http://www.discogs.com/Shrigley-Forced-To-Speak-With-Others-Shrigley-Forced-To-Speak-With-Others/release/917105|website = Discogs|access-date = 2016-01-30}}</ref>
In October 2007, [[Tomlab]] released ''Worried Noodles'', a double-CD of artists including [[David Byrne]], [[Islands (band)|Islands]], [[Liars (band)|Liars]], [[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]], [[Mount Eerie]], [[R. Stevie Moore]] and [[Owen Pallett|Final Fantasy]] putting Shrigley's 2005 book of the same name to music.<ref>{{Cite web|title = New Cd From David Shrigley, Worried Noodles, 2007|url = http://www.davidshrigley.com/worriednoodles/newcd.htm|website = www.davidshrigley.com|access-date = 2016-01-30|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081206073012/http://www.davidshrigley.com/worriednoodles/newcd.htm|archivedate = 6 December 2008|df = dmy-all}}</ref> Moore went on to record an entire album of new songs set to Shrigley's ''Worried Noodles'' lyrics called ''Shrigley Field''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = SHRIGLEY FIELD|url = http://www.rsteviemoore.com/tp/shrigley.html|website = www.rsteviemoore.com|access-date = 2016-01-30}}</ref>

His spoken-word readings are used on the ''[[Late Night Tales: David Shrigley]]'' series of recordings, with a track from Shrigley closing each album.<ref>{{Cite web|title= LateNightTales: David Shrigely| url= http://latenighttales.co.uk/product.php/10/david-shrigely|website = latenighttales.co.uk|access-date = 6 October 2016}}</ref>

==Awards==
Shrigley was nominated for the 2013 [[Turner Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/02/turner-prize-2013-derry |title=Turner prize 2013: who gets your vote? &#124; Art and design &#124; theguardian.com |first= |last= |work=theguardian.com |year=2013 |accessdate=2 December 2013}}</ref> He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Leicester's [[De Montfort University]] at a ceremony on 17 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/honoured-artist-s-memories-student-days/story-21740133-detail/story.html|title=Artist David Shrigley Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from De Montfort University|date=22 July 2014|publisher=}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.davidshrigley.com}}

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David Shrigley
Shrigley in 2011
Born (1968-09-17) 17 September 1968 (age 55)
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
NationalityBritish
EducationLeicester Polytechnic
Glasgow School of Art
Known forDrawing, photography, painting, sculpture, animation, music
AwardsHonorary doctorate, De Montfort University; Turner Prize nominee
Websitewww.davidshrigley.com

Niall Macdonald (born 1980) is a Scottish visual artist. He

Early life and education

Macdonald was born in 1980 in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. He received his Master of Fine Art from the Glasgow School of Art in 2008.

Work

As well as authoring several books, he directed the video for Blur's "Good Song" and also for Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's "Agnes, Queen of Sorrow".[2][3] In 2005 he designed a London Underground leaflet cover. Since 2005, he has contributed a cartoon for The Guardian's Weekend magazine every Saturday.[4] Other projects have included the album Worried Noodles (Tom Lab, 2007) where musicians interpret his writings as lyrics, including collaborations by David Byrne, Hot Chip, and Franz Ferdinand.

Shrigley co-directed a film with director Chris Shepherd called Who I Am And What I Want, based on Shrigley's book of the same title, with Kevin Eldon voicing its main character, Pete.[5] Shrigley also produced a series of drawings and T-shirt designs for the 2006 Triptych festival, a Scottish music festival lasting for three to four days in three cities. He also designed twelve different covers for Deerhoof's 2007 record, Friend Opportunity.[6] In the same year he also designed the title sequence for the film Hallam Foe, as well as the drawings and the writing in Hallam's on-screen diaries.

Shrigley's mascot Kingsley in George Square, Glasgow

In 2014, Jonathan Jones reviewed Shrigley's work Brass Tooth, writing, "David Shrigley must have had a big, toothy grin when he created multiple editions of his sculpture Brass Tooth, which goes on sale for £1,200 a pop at the London art fair this week. It is a cast of a single tooth – including the roots – and is typical of Shrigley's sly, subversive, humorous art in how it brings a modern art cliche crashing down to Earth".[7]

In 2015, he designed "Kingsley", a mascot for Scottish football team Partick Thistle as part of a sponsorship deal. The mascot's design was the object of some amusement, with Scottish BuzzFeed reporter Jamie Ross describing it as "based on every nightmare I had as a child."[8][9][10][11]

File:Really Good, Trafalgar Square, London, October 2016 (03).JPG
Really Good on the Fourth plinth of London's Trafalgar Square, October 2016.

Shrigley's sculpture Really Good was installed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth in September 2016.[12][13]

Exhibitions

Recent notable solo exhibitions include Animate, The Turku art Museum, Finland (2011); Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Arts, Glasgow, Scotland (2010); New Powers, Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany (2009); David Shrigley, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (2008); BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (2008); Everything Must Have a Name, Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden (2007) and David Shrigley, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland (2006).[14]

Shrigley is represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery, London[15] and Anton Kern Gallery, New York.[16]

Jason Mraz took the name of his album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. from a work by Shrigley.[17]

In January 2016, Shrigley's work was part of a British Council-organised touring exhibition.[18] Previewing the touring David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind exhibition before it opened in Guadalajara, Mexico, BBC Arts said: "Best known for his crudely composed and mordantly humorous cartoons, David Shrigley is a highly popular British artist […] Featuring works as diverse as cartoonish ceramic boots, doodle-like drawings and a headless, stuffed ostrich, the exhibition highlights Shrigley's lively, irreverent imagination in full flow".[19] In the same month, he contributed to the Liverpool Provocations event in Liverpool’s city centre.[20]

Music

In 2006, Shrigley's first spoken-word album Shrigley Forced to Speak With Others was released by Azuli Records.[21] In October 2007, Tomlab released Worried Noodles, a double-CD of artists including David Byrne, Islands, Liars, Grizzly Bear, Mount Eerie, R. Stevie Moore and Final Fantasy putting Shrigley's 2005 book of the same name to music.[22] Moore went on to record an entire album of new songs set to Shrigley's Worried Noodles lyrics called Shrigley Field.[23]

His spoken-word readings are used on the Late Night Tales: David Shrigley series of recordings, with a track from Shrigley closing each album.[24]

Awards

Shrigley was nominated for the 2013 Turner Prize.[25] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Leicester's De Montfort University at a ceremony on 17 July 2014.[26]

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference t-20090304 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Agnes, Queen of Sorrow, Drag City". www.dragcity.com. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ "David Shrigley Animations". www.davidshrigley.com. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "David Shrigley | Paddle8". Paddle8. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Films : Who I Am and What I Want". animate!. 2005.
  6. ^ [1] Archived 24 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Jones, Jonathan (15 January 2014). "Would you pay £1,200 for one of David Shrigley's teeth?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. ^ Ross, Jamie. "Twitter post". Twitter. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Partick Thistle unveil 'terrifying' new mascot Kingsley". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  10. ^ Grez, Matias. "Partick Thistle's new mascot Kingsley: Scary or sun-like?". www.cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  11. ^ Bull, JJ. "Partick Thistle unveil utterly terrifying new mascot". www.telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  12. ^ Jones, Jonathan (29 September 2016). "Thumbs up to David Shrigley's fabulously feel-bad fourth plinth". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  13. ^ Pickford, James (15 January 2014). "Thumbs up for David Shrigley and Hans Haacke sculptures in London". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  14. ^ David Shrigley - Arms Fayre, 8 February 2012 - 10 March 2012. Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.
  15. ^ "David Shrigley". Stephen Friedman Gallery.
  16. ^ "David Shrigley".
  17. ^ Blair, Tom (November 2008). San Diego Magazine. CurtCo/SDM LLC. p. 46.
  18. ^ Shea, Christopher D. (15 January 2016). "What's on This Week Around the World". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  19. ^ "David Shrigley's invitation to Lose Your Mind in Mexico". BBC Online. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  20. ^ Jones, Catherine (20 January 2016). "Liverpool 'Big Mouth' is reading city shoppers' thoughts". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  21. ^ "Shrigley Forced To Speak With Others - Shrigley Forced To Speak With Others". Discogs. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  22. ^ "New Cd From David Shrigley, Worried Noodles, 2007". www.davidshrigley.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "SHRIGLEY FIELD". www.rsteviemoore.com. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  24. ^ "LateNightTales: David Shrigely". latenighttales.co.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  25. ^ "Turner prize 2013: who gets your vote? | Art and design | theguardian.com". theguardian.com. 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  26. ^ "Artist David Shrigley Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from De Montfort University". 22 July 2014.

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