DAVID SHRIGLEY: LIFE AND LIFE DRAWING presents new and David Shrigley: Life and Life Drawing recent work by the Glasgow-based artist, who has developed a cult following for his stripped back, darkly humorous and deliberately simple drawings that explore existential dramas and human dysfunction. The exhibition includes drawings, paintings, sculpture, animated videos, artist’s books and multiples, and a new sculptural commission for NGV International’s Waterwall titled The artist’s tragicomic sense of humour General Store. lies at the heart of these works, which reflect on the banality and absurdity of everyday life and objects. Shrigley was born in Macclesfield, England, in 1968, and lives and works in Glasgow. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1991. Shrigley has published more than forty books to date, including What the Hell Are (2010), You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley How Are (2012) and, most recently, You Feeling? Weak Messages (2014). A new Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto publication, David Shrigley: The Life Model, has been published to coincide with this exhibition. Shrigley was a finalist in the 2013 Turner Prize following his critically acclaimed retrospective exhibition at Brain Activity the Hayward Gallery, London, in 2012, and was recently awarded the prestigious Fourth Plinth Commission, to be unveiled in Trafalgar Square, London, in 2016. David SHRIGLEY English 1968–
DAVID SHRIGLEY: LIFE AND LIFE DRAWING David Shrigley: Life and Life Drawing presents new and recent work by the Glasgow-based artist, who has developed a cult following for his stripped back, darkly humorous and deliberately simple drawings that explore existential dramas and human dysfunction. The exhibition includes drawings, paintings, sculpture, animated videos, artist’s books and multiples, and a new sculptural commission for NGV International’s Waterwall titled General Store. The artist’s tragicomic sense of humour lies at the heart of these works, which reflect on the banality and absurdity of everyday life and objects. Shrigley was born in Macclesfield, England, in 1968, and lives and works in Glasgow. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1991. Shrigley has published more than forty books to date, including What the Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley (2010), How Are You Feeling? (2012) and, most recently, Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto (2014). A new publication, David Shrigley: The Life Model, has been published to coincide with this exhibition. Shrigley was a finalist in the 2013 Turner Prize following his critically acclaimed retrospective exhibition Brain Activity at the Hayward Gallery, London, in 2012, and was recently awarded the prestigious Fourth Plinth Commission, to be unveiled in Trafalgar Square, London, in 2016. David SHRIGLEY English 1968–