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    The Book of Shrigley
    The Book of Shrigley
    The Book of Shrigley
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    The Book of Shrigley

    By David Shrigley

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    The first major anthology from the internationally renowned pop artist known for “bonkers, mordant, often joyously meaningless doodles” (Metro).

    Pop artist David Shrigley’s work is immediate, sometimes rude, and very funny, “like a psychotic version of Matt Groening’s Life in Hell cartoons” (The Guardian). His darkly brilliant, addictively hilarious scrawls from the subconscious have won him legions of fans and exhibitions at some of the world’s finest art museums.

    The Book of Shrigley showcases the artist’s edgy yet accessible off-kilter vision. Here are bad-tempered pets, strange attractions, work, S-E-X, knitting, wrestling, and a host of other everyday activities, dangers, and amusements laid bare in Shrigley’s urgently illustrated panels and wickedly mischievous punchlines. Bursting with color and unsettlingly funny truths, The Book of Shrigley is the ideal introduction to this “UFO of the art world” (Artsper Magazine).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 20, 2012
    ISBN9781452116136
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      The Book of Shrigley - David Shrigley

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      The Book of Shrigley

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      Contents

      Dedication

      Prepare Yourself

      CHAPTER 1: Life, or, Is That It?

      CHAPTER 2: Art and Delusion

      CHAPTER 3: Rough Beasts

      CHAPTER 4: Medical Matters

      CHAPTER 5: Catastrophes and Other Everyday Events

      CHAPTER 6: The Interpretation of Dreams

      CHAPTER 7: My Struggle

      CHAPTER 8: S-E-X

      CHAPTER 9: It Will Happen

      CHAPTER 10: Fluff and Weeds

      CHAPTER 11: Modern Nature

      CHAPTER 12: Getting into Shrigley

      Books by David Shrigley

      List of Works

      Neil Mulholland: Life in Leicester

      Donald Barthelme: The Baby

      Michael Bracewell: Into the Shadow

      Franz Kafka: The Cares of a Family Man, at Night, Resolutions, Fellowship

      Mel Gooding: The Last Word

      About the Author

      Copyright

      LIFE, OR, IS THAT IT?

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      ART AND DELUSION

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