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David Shrigley OBE (b1968) ‘Weak Messages Create Bad Situations’, 1st Edition, 2016
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David Shrigley OBE (b1968) ‘Weak Messages Create Bad Situations’, 1st Edition, 2016
Description – ‘Weak Messages Create Bad Situations’ : A Manifesto by David Shrigley
A personal message from the author:
Weak messages create bad situations.
Strong messages create good situations.
Lots of individuals in society today are feeble-minded. They don't know what the HELL is going on. Unfortunately many of these people are responsible for running THE COUNTRY. They don't know the difference between a PRECIOUS JEWEL and a piece of animal turd. Their ideas are MEANINGLESS, illustrated using RUBBISH imagery (often made by a computer). The stupid words they write are always in BAD FONTS.
Yet still people HEED this nonsense. Maybe YOU are one of these people?
It's alright. I am here to HELP you. I have a FULLY-COMPOSED WORLD VIEW. I have STRONG opinions about EVERYTHING. And my ideas are HAND-ILLUSTRATED and use REAL HANDWRITING that you can trust. I know exactly what's going on and am WILLING to share my thoughts with you. If you LISTEN to what I say then things will quickly improve.
No more weak messages. No more bad situations. Shall we proceed?
Book Title : ‘Weak Messages Create Bad Situations’: A Manifesto by David Shrigley’ (UK Import)
Type : Soft Card back with Binding
Date of Publication : 2016
Artist : David Shrigley
Text : Black and white text, over 200 facsimile hand drawn images
Size : 15.2 x 20.5 x 3 cm
Number of Pages : 384 Pages
Language : English
Author : David Shrigley
Publisher : ©2016: Chronicle Chroma and David Shrigley
Genre : Individual Artists / Art Monographs
Topic : Shrigley Comic and humour
Condition : As new, and in Very Good overall condition both the binding and cover in very good condition
Weight : 1.2 kg
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About the Book
This book celebrates Shrigley's absurd, deadpan sensibility through both his signature drawing style and accompanying text.
Weak Messages Create Bad Situations is Organized by chapters with titles such as :
-Statements
-Commandments
-Politics and Opinions
-The Arts
-Situations
The World Explained, is sure to delight die-hard Shrigley fans and new ones alike.
Shrigley's prolific work, features design details such interesting cover spines as well as hand-written, humorous essays throughout.
Contains Anecdotal words phrases and illustrations in colour with hand sketches.
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 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.
REVIEWS
David Shrigley is probably the funniest gallery-type artist who ever lived -- DAVE EGGERS
Shrigley mines a mordant, scatological seam, conjuring up the dark tradition of British humour that threw up Tony Hancock and Chris Morris * * The Times * *
On the kink of his line Shrigley can shift effortlessly from pathos to paranoia. And his work is funny - very funny; his timing devastatingly effective -- WILL SELF
Shrigley deserves his immense popularity. For almost 20 years he has produced a ceaseless stream of ideas, observations, jokes and strange insights in the form of left-field drawings that have appeared in broadsheet newspapers, books and magazines as well as galleries. Deadpan, escapist and distinctively cack-handed, they make up a little world in themselves * * Observer * *
Shrigley's manifesto is full of hilarity, alongside observations about the world that are both astute and absurd * * Creative Review * *
Single minded, sharp and funny * * Design Week * *
Funny and profound and surprising all at the same time -- HARRY HILL
With a casual gesture Shrigley points to that hideous shape whose name I've never known - and then he names it. And the name is profoundly, embarrassingly familiar. I'm laughing while frantically searching for a pen, so desperate to capture the feeling he has unearthed in me -- MIRANDA JULY
Shrigley's comedy appears to confirm the belief of great humourists (from Laurence Sterne to Woody Allen) that laughter is synonymous with hope. In the arena of contemporary art, Shrigley's work maintains a dualism, which is rare, rewarding and ultimately generous * * Frieze * *
Half man, half legend * * The Skinny * *
An artist touched by comic genius and something like full-blown lunacy * * The Lady * *
One look at his new book, Weak Messages Create Bad Situations, and you start to understand the Turner Prize-nominated artist's mindset . . . Shrigley addresses the weird, dark and ugly sides of the world, but, most importantly, he'll make you laugh while doing so * * Shortlist * *
Brims over with skew-whiff observations on the absurdity of modern life . . . Shrigley's bonkers, mordant, often joyously meaningless doodles are always oddly life-affirming * * Metro * *
Brilliant, enormous . . . We love David's new book, which totally sums up the feeling of helplessly skidding downhill on a bicycle with no brakes towards a cliff. * * It's Nice That * *
About the Artist
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 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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