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Fully Coherent Plan

For a New and Better Society
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Fully Coherent Plan invites readers to envision a new and better society where everything is coherent and sensible, free from confusion or unpleasantness. The plan is presented through 254 distinctive, thick black-pen illustrations, blending naive imagery with darkly comic and surreal text. This complex yet accessible artwork offers a unique, thrilling blueprint for a more ordered world.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in contemporary arts and culture, those who appreciate dark humour and surreal illustration, and anyone intrigued by unconventional social critique through visual art and witty text.

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The brand new collection from the Turner Prize-nominated king of odd, David Shrigley.

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CLOSE YOUR EYES
I invite you to imagine a plan for a new and better society where everything is very coherent and makes a lot of sense and nothing is confusing or awful.

OPEN YOUR EYES
No need to imagine. Here is the plan. The plan is illustrated. The plan is quite complicated. But not too complicated. I think you will be thrilled by it. I am certain you will be thrilled by it.

No need to read massive volumes or use the internet
JUST READ THIS
ONLY THIS

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Praised by The Observer for its dark comedy and distinctive illustrations, Fully Coherent Plan is celebrated for capturing fundamental truths about the human condition with mordant humour. The Times Literary Supplement notes Shrigley's ability to combine political commentary with bizarre, funny work, while Esquire highlights his polite critique of societal norms. Readers familiar with Shrigley's style will find his inversion of power structures and everyday observations sharply depicted.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786893840

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 May 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Books

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 151.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 505g

Pages: 256

About the Author

David Shrigley was born in Macclesfield in 1968 and studied at Glasgow School of Art. His work has been exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, at the MoMA in New York, and in Paris, Berlin, Melbourne and beyond. He has published over twenty books, and has animated a music video for Blur and produced another for Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. His work has also been profiled in a documentary for Channel 4. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2013 and in 2016 his sculpture Really Good was installed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth. In 2018, he will be Guest Director of the Brighton Festival. He lives and works in Brighton.

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