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David
Shrigley
Paintings and drawings
December 1 2000 to January 6 2001
Opening Friday december 2 from 18-20
It is a great pleasure to present an exhibition with new paintings
and drawings by David Shrigley.
The secret world of David Shrigley.
1. Mum and Dad are downstairs watching 'Last of the summerwine'
2. David is upstairs in his room drawing pictures of torture and
Satan.
What will they do next?
1. Mum and Dad will eat some crisps and then watch 'Two point four
children' 2. David will continue his scholarly activities upstairs
And after that?
1. Mum and Dad will drink ginger wine and then watch the film.
2. David will sacrifice a goat and then go downstairs and watch
the film also.
The text piece above is taken from David Shrigleys book 'Why we
got the sack from the museum', and in my view it encapsulates very
nicely a line that I think goes through Shrigleys work in general.
When looking at Shrigleys drawings and texts one could get the impression
of being presented with the inner world of an adolescent: That is,
the goofy kind of teenager, the loner that nobody notice, the guy
who doesn't speak up in school and who sees himself as an outsider.
The kind of teenager who secretly broods over this world and releases
this sense of not fitting in anywhere into hidden fantasies.
In Shrigleys work we're allowed to sneak a peek at this fantasyworld:
a world where quirky ideas are presented with a sense of downplayed
surreal humour, and last but not least; a world that strangely enough
very precisely seem to mirror our own.
Peter
Land Copenhagen 2000
We also have the great pleasure to present 'Hard Work' a new book
by David Shrigley.
We welcome you in the gallery
Nicolai Wallner
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