I first found out about
David Shrigley when a friend gave me his book
Err for my 22nd birthday. I am a sucker for anything wreaking sass, so it was love at first sight.
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| From Err |
David Shrigley is easy. His messages are entertaining and accessible and cool-looking. He's raw and honest. A+.
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| Untitled, 1998, at the Tate |
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| "How Are You Feeling?", 2012, on the High Line billboard. Via. |
His exhibition
Signs epitomizes his work in the best way possible: with a nod to Saussure's study of semiotics and the most fundamental way in which language functions (that we so often forget). What I mean is, a giant gong that says "gong" on it. Taken to the next level, a taxidermied dog holding a sign that says "I'm Dead." Sign, signifer, signified.
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| "Gong," 2012, at Anton Kern Gallery |
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