What The Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley

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What The Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley offers a collection of humorous and provocative drawings, sketches, and musings by the artist David Shrigley. This compilation explores themes of everyday absurdities and human nature, all presented with Shrigley's trademark wit and satirical edge. It's a reflective yet entertaining look into the mind of an artist playing with the boundaries of traditional art forms.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy quirky, humorous, and thought-provoking illustrations that challenge conventional art and provoke a unique perspective on everyday life. David Shrigley's distinctive style combines wit and simplicity, making it a delightful exploration of modern art for those who appreciate creativity and satire.

What The Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley

The definitive collection of the work of cult artist David Shrigley.

The definitive collection of the work of cult artist David Shrigley, who has been nominated for the Turner Prize 2013

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By turns hilarious, satirical, and brilliant, David Shrigley's full-page illustrations—a combination of drawing, comics, photography, and sculpture—are sui generis: uproariously funny, pleasantly unnerving, and, most of all, really, really cool.

Neither graphic novel nor art book, What the Hell Are You Doing? celebrates the surreal world of the artist who created Ants Have Sex in Your Beer and To Make the Meringue You Must Beat the Egg Whites Until They Look Like This—the man Dave Eggers calls 'probably the funniest gallery-type artist who ever lived.'

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Reviews of What The Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley highlight its blend of humour, surrealism, and wit, resonating with fans of the absurd. Shrigley's work is praised for its effortless shift from pathos to paranoia, engaging and entertaining readers with its profound and unexpectedly familiar insights. The book is described as both skewed and savvy, bringing a mix of wisdom and silliness that appeals to a broad audience, contributing to its cult following.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847678638

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 February 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Books

Edition: Main

Contributors:

Introduction by Will Self
Introduction by Will Self

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 675g

Pages: 352

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Arts & Culture David Shrigley Humour Non-Fiction

About the Author

David Shrigley was born in Macclesfield in 1968 and studied at Glasgow School of Art. He has worked as a sculptor, photographer and 'environment artist' and, most famously, as a cartoonist and illustrator. 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 Bonny Prince Billy. His work has also been profiled in a documentary for Channel 4 and he was recently invited to hold a major, four-month retrospective at the Hayward Gallery in London. He lives and works in Glasgow.