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If you're looking for a humour/art crossover, then David Shrigley's stuff is spot on. --Harry Hill
David Shrigley is probably the funniest gallery-type artist who ever lived. --Dave Eggers
An artist who achieves that rarest of phenomena: the capacity to make his audience view the world in his terms entirely. --Will Self
Weird, funny, abject, wise, silly, savage, moral and engaging.
--Independent
David Shrigley is probably the funniest gallery-type artist who ever lived. --Dave Eggers
An artist who achieves that rarest of phenomena: the capacity to make his audience view the world in his terms entirely. --Will Self
Weird, funny, abject, wise, silly, savage, moral and engaging.
--Independent
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'If you're looking for a humour/art crossover, then David Shrigley's stuff is spot on. I like the childlike aspect, and there's a lot of irony. It's a tricky thing to get right; a lot of people try to copy him. You look at some of his stuff and think: I could do that - but, like all great art, all the bits have to be in the right place for it to work.' Harry Hill
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I sat in the bookshop literally laughing my head off at this book, which of course caused some mess and consternation. Dave Shrigley has a weird, dark and sometimes childlike imagination that triggers both deep thought and belly laughs. An artist/cartoonist/whatever he is has no right to be so expletively talented, yet still as poor as a church mouse, I assume, when compared with that pretentious bloke who does sharks. Give it to all your depressed friends at Christmas - the gift of highly original therapeutic humour - so you can feel duly self-righteous.
Professor Colin Feltham
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An excellent collection of both old and new stuff (mainly new I think) by the amusingly disturbing artist David Shrigley. Even the pieces which have appeared elsewhere before are worth seeing again in a bigger, bolder and brighter format. A must for any collector of David Shrigley material, and a great introduction for anyone not yet aware of his work.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Shrigley is probably my fave modern artist - his perspective is brilliantly twisted, and his admixture of high concept and low format (scribbles, crossing out and ruled lines form part of his lexicon) is right on the money. This is art with a sense of humour; often satirical, always left of centre. This book offers an overview of Shrigley's work, including photographic and sculptural pieces. His work is ideally suited to a book format - you aren't losing anything by not seeing the original in most cases (as you would with a printed photo of a painting, for instance) and being able to soak it all in en masse definitely helps to get you into 'Shrigley mode'. As weird as it is his work has great popular appeal...I guess people find cartoons non-threatening or something. Check it out.
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A Limited Review
It was ordered by me as a present for a relative so I haven't done the book justice. But I did have a browse through it before wrapping it up and enjoyed the quick ready wit the... Read more
Published 4 months ago by JCB
Who the hell can publish this ?
Yes some pages can bring a smile on your face 1 every 50 and for the others you just sit wondering who can publish this ... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Olivier Allais
Some funny pictures
The book is full of images by the artist in his typically scrawled style, excellent to have on the coffee table and flick through but I'd say it wasn't substantial enough for the... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Alex Pughe
Disturbingly brilliant
This book is immense. I bought it as a present, but think I'll get one for myself too! It arrived at the office, I had a sneaky look and a girl in the office saw it and we both had... Read more
Published 17 months ago by neil_armstrong@hotmail.com
Best Artist Ever
Hyperbole perhaps, but ultimately true. This book is brilliant. Shrigley manages to be entertaing and funny yet there underneath the absurd belly of his work lies something truly... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Elma Law
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