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Although he works in various media, he is best known for his mordantly humorous [[cartoon]]s released in softcover books or [[postcard]] packs.
Although he works in various media, he is best known for his mordantly humorous [[cartoon]]s released in softcover books or [[postcard]] packs.


Like the poet [[Ivor Cutler]], Shrigley finds humour in flat depictions of the inconsequential, the unavailing and the bizarre – although he is far fonder of violent or otherwise disquieting subject matter. Shrigley's work has two of the characteristics often encountered in [[outsider art]] – an odd viewpoint, and (in some of his work) a deliberately limited technique. His freehand line is often weak, which jars with his frequent use of a ruler; his forms are often very crude; and annotations in his drawings are poorly executed and frequently contain crossings-out (In authentic outsider art, the artist has no choice but to produce work in his or her own way, even if that work is unconventional in content and inept in execution. In contrast, it is likely that Shrigley has chosen his style and range of subject matter for comic effect).
Shrigley finds humour in flat depictions of the inconsequential, the unavailing and the bizarre – although he is far fonder of violent or otherwise disquieting subject matter. Shrigley's work has two of the characteristics often encountered in [[outsider art]] – an odd viewpoint, and (in some of his work) a deliberately limited technique. His freehand line is often weak, which jars with his frequent use of a ruler; his forms are often very crude; and annotations in his drawings are poorly executed and frequently contain crossings-out (In authentic outsider art, the artist has no choice but to produce work in his or her own way, even if that work is unconventional in content and inept in execution. In contrast, it is likely that Shrigley has chosen his style and range of subject matter for comic effect).


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". In 2005 designed a [[London Underground]] leaflet cover. Since 2005, he has contributed a cartoon for ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s ''Weekend'' magazine every Saturday. 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]].
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". In 2005 designed a [[London Underground]] leaflet cover. Since 2005, he has contributed a cartoon for ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s ''Weekend'' magazine every Saturday. 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]].

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David Shrigley
Born (1968-09-17) 17 September 1968 (age 55)
Macclesfield, England
NationalityBritish
EducationLeicester Polytechnic
Glasgow School of Art
Known forDrawing, Photography, Painting, Sculpture, Animation, Music
Websitewww.davidshrigley.com

David Shrigley is a British visual artist.

Life and career

Shrigley was born in Macclesfield on 17 September 1968,[2] the younger of two children born to Rita (née Bowring) and Joseph Shrigley.[citation needed] He moved with his parents and sister to Oadby, Leicestershire, when he was two years old.[3][1] He did the Art and Design Foundation course at the Leicester Polytechnic in 1987,[4][5] and then studied Environmental Art[1] at the Glasgow School of Art from 1988 to 1991.[2]

Although he works in various media, he is best known for his mordantly humorous cartoons released in softcover books or postcard packs.

Shrigley finds humour in flat depictions of the inconsequential, the unavailing and the bizarre – although he is far fonder of violent or otherwise disquieting subject matter. Shrigley's work has two of the characteristics often encountered in outsider art – an odd viewpoint, and (in some of his work) a deliberately limited technique. His freehand line is often weak, which jars with his frequent use of a ruler; his forms are often very crude; and annotations in his drawings are poorly executed and frequently contain crossings-out (In authentic outsider art, the artist has no choice but to produce work in his or her own way, even if that work is unconventional in content and inept in execution. In contrast, it is likely that Shrigley has chosen his style and range of subject matter for comic effect).

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". In 2005 designed a London Underground leaflet cover. Since 2005, he has contributed a cartoon for The Guardian's Weekend magazine every Saturday. 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 an animate!-commissioned film with director Chris Shepherd called Who I Am And What I Want, based on Shrigley's book of the same title.[6] Kevin Eldon voiced its main character, Pete.[6] He 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 has also designed twelve different covers for Deerhoof's 2007 record, Friend Opportunity.[7]

Shrigley is a supporter of Nottingham Forest FC.[citation needed]

Shrigley is represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery, London.[8] He is represented in Paris by the Yvon Lambert Gallery.[9]

Jason Mraz took the name of his album We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. from a work by Shrigley.[10]

Music

In 2006, Shrigley's first spoken-word album Shrigley Forced To Speak With Others was released by Azuli Records. 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. Moore went on to record an entire album of new songs set to Shrigley's Worried Noodles lyrics called Shrigley Field.

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

Solo exhibitions

File:David Shrigley poster at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2012.jpg
David Shrigley exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2012

2012

2010

  • Museum M, Leuven, Belgium

2009

  • Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz

2008

  • Museum Ludwig, Cologne
  • BQ, Cologne
  • Anton Kern Gallery, NYC
  • The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
  • CASM, Barcelona

2007

  • CAB, Burgos, Spain
  • Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
  • Malmö Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
  • Stephen Friedman, London

2006

2005

  • BQ Galerie, Cologne
  • Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
  • Anton Kern Gallery, New York

2004

  • Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
  • Stephen Friedman, London
  • Francesca Pia, Bern

2003

2002

2001

  • Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
  • CCS Museum, Bard College, New York*
  • Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

2000

  • Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

1999

  • Francesca Pia, Bern
  • Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
  • Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

1998

  • Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
  • Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam
  • Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris

1997

  • Hermetic Gallery, Milwaukee
  • CCA, Glasgow
  • Francesca Pia, Bern
  • Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
  • Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
  • Photographers’ Gallery, London

1996

1995

  • Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

Publications

2012

  • How Are You Feeling?: At the Centre of the Inside of the Human Brain's Mind, Canongate Books
  • David Shrigley: Pass the Spoon: A Sort-of-Opera About Cookery with David Fennessy and Nicholas Bone, Hayward Gallery Publishing
  • What The Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley, W. W. Norton & Company
  • David Shrigley: Brain Activity, Hayward Gallery Publishing

2009

  • Red Book, Redstone Press

2008

  • Hand, BQ, Cologne
  • Grip, Redstone Press (new edition)

2007

  • The Boom of Shrigley, Redstone Press/Chronicle
  • Ants Have Sex In Your Beer, Redstone Press/Chronicle

2006

  • This Is A Paper Trinket For You To Wear, Bywater Bros. Editions, Toronto
  • Worried Noodles (The Empty Sleeve), Tomlab, Cologne

2005

  • Photographs With Text, BQ, Cologne
  • The Book of Shrigley, Redsone Press/ Chronicle Books

2004

  • Blocked Path, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
  • Let’s Wrestle, Redstone Press, London.
  • Rules, Redstone Press, London (book of postcards).
  • Kill Your Pets, Redstone Press, London.
  • Kill Your Pets, Revolver, Frankfurt.
  • Joy, Chronicle Books, San Francisco.

2003

  • Yellow Bird With Worm, Kunsthaus Zurich.
  • Who I Am And What I Want, Redstone Press, London.
  • Leotard, BQ, Cologne.
  • Joy, Redstone Press, London (book of postcards).
  • Evil Thoughts, Chronicle Books, San Francisco (book of postcards).

2002

  • Human Achievement, Redstone Press, London.
  • Evil Thoughts, Redstone Press, London (book of postcards).

2001

  • Do Not Bend, Redstone Press, London.

2000

  • Grip, Pocketbooks, Edinburgh.
  • Hard Work, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.

1999

  • The Beast is Near, Redstone Press, London.
  • Fel, Rudins, Sweden (Swedish translation of Err).

1998

  • Why We Got The Sack From The Museum with Will Self, Redstone Press, London.
  • To Make Meringue You Must Beat The Egg Whites Until They Look Like This, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen.
  • Centre Parting, The Little Cockroach Press, Toronto.
  • Blank Page and Other Pages, The Modern Institute, Glasgow.

1996

  • Drawings Done Whilst On Phone To Idiot, The Armpit Press. Glasgow.
  • Err (New Writing), Bookworks, London.
  • Let Not These Shadows Fall Upon Thee, Tramway, Glasgow.

1995

  • Enquire Within, Armpit Press, Glasgow.

1994

  • Blanket Of Filth, The Armpit Press, Glasgow.

1992

  • Merry Eczema, Black Rose, Glasgow.

1991

  • Slug Trails, Black Rose, Glasgow.

Contributions

2008 Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gatti, Tom (4 March 2009). "David Shrigley: the joker with a deadly punchline" (PDF). The Times. Archived from the original on 2009. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)
  2. ^ a b "CURRICULM VITAE DAVID SHRIGLEY". David Shrigley.
  3. ^ Ramaswamy, Chitra (12 April 2010). "Interview: David Shrigley, artist" (PDF). The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |archivedate= (help)
  4. ^ Fisher, Glenn (2005). "What's with all the Funny Stuff?". David Shrigley.
  5. ^ "Interview with Bill Kenny, 2003". David Shrigley. 2003.
  6. ^ a b "Films : Who I Am and What I Want". animate!. 2005.
  7. ^ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39950/New_Deerhoof_Album_to_Feature_12_Covers
  8. ^ "David Shrigley". Stephen Friedman Gallery.
  9. ^ "David Shrigley". Yvon Lambert Gallery.
  10. ^ Blair, Tom (2008). San Diego Magazine. CurtCo/SDM LLC. p. 46. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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