David Shrigley - Artist Info

About David Shrigley

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David Shrigbey
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    British artist David Shrigley was born in 1968 and is known for his black-humored drawings in a simple, deliberately clumsy comic style. David Shrigley studied at the Glasgow School of Art until 1991.

    His work includes sculptures, paintings photographs, texts and especially cartoon-like drawings in a deliberately clumsy, often seemingly unfinished style, which thus emphasizes the black humor of the work. In 2014 David Shrigley was awarded an honorary doctorate by De Montfort University. He lives and works in Glasgow. (fea)...

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