Shrigley's Simplistic Doodles Translate Into Intriguing Scenarios

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DAVID SHRIGLEY: RECENT PRINTS EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16 NEWS. NOBODY LIKES YOU. Welcome to David Shrigley's world, where the rug gets pulled from under your feet more times than you can count, but you land with a smile every time. If he's not preying on your feelings of inadequacy, he'll be reminding you of your mortality. When he's feeling particularly wicked, he'll start toying with your brain's basic systems for anchoring you in the world. And still, you'll be smiling.

You're bound to have seen Shrigley's work by now; if not in one of his many books, then on a greetings card, or in a pop video (including that poignant moment in the promo for Blur's Good Song, when a squirrel accidentally gnaws at his lover's head). Even if you've never seen his work, you'll have seen expensive adverts sporting awkward little drawings and hasty scribbles, a trend very possibly inspired by Shrigley's punkish disregard for traditional standards of finish.

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Shrigley's Simplistic Doodles Translate Into Intriguing Scenarios

NEWS. NOBODY LIKES YOU. The words shout at you from a metre-high screenprint, made this year at Edinburgh Printmakers, and hanging near the entrance to Shrigley'...

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