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I'm exhausted
press release
David
Shrigley
From July 8th to August 6th 2005
It is a great pleasure to present an exhibition with new drawings
and paintings by David Shrigley.
Once entering the universe of David Shrigley it is very hard to
escape. Here strange things happen in very surprising ways where
the normality and boredom of daily life change into absurdity and
humor.
Shrigley has a great ability to reveal the world around him in a
darkly humorous way where we somehow recognize the situations although
completely bizarre. As when "A headed worm faces death by hanging",
or when listening to this text by a figure caught between jaws:
"The monster has caught up with me at last and is about to
eat me. I am not unhappy about this. I am old and the monster is
starving."
This show consists of two parts: In the main space Shrigley presents
seven works consisting of paintings on wood that in some cases have
character of road signs. According to the juxtapositions of the
pieces these series create different meanings where some are intentional
and some are not. The forms of the road signs have a special sign
value but their normal content has been changed so that new significances
are created. These series are slightly more minimal than earlier
Shrigley works and might function as cut-up poetry where the distinct
parts can be understood in many different manners.
The other part of the exhibition exists of twelve drawings done
with black marker on paper that deal with the Shrigleyesque humor,
thoughtfulness, melancholia and absurdity in a more classical sense.
David Shrigley lives and works in Glasgow. He has worked with Galleri
Nicolai Wallner since 1996 and exhibited widely around the world.
His work is represented in important collections in Europe and USA.
Shrigley has published over 25 books, and three are published by
Galleri Nicolai Wallner: "Hard Work", "To Make Meringue
You Have to Beat the Egg Whites until They Look Like This"
and most recently "Blocked Path".
We are happy to welcome you in the gallery.
With kind regards
Galleri Nicolai Wallner
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