The Book of Shrigley
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The Book of Shrigley' contains over 150 new drawings, sketchbook entries from student days, sad and funny ephemera, and texts that illuminate his work with a sideways light.
David Shrigley is an artist celebrated for his darkly humorous and often unsettling cartoons. His work finds comedy in the mundane, the inconsequential, and the bizarre, often employing a deliberately crude and seemingly unpolished drawing style to amplify the comic effect. While he works across various media, Shrigley is best known for his mordant cartoons, frequently collected in books and postcard packs. His art is characterized by an odd viewpoint and a distinctive, sometimes intentionally limited, technique that lends his work a unique and provocative edge.






The Book of Shrigley' contains over 150 new drawings, sketchbook entries from student days, sad and funny ephemera, and texts that illuminate his work with a sideways light.
This all-new collection of David Shrigley's addictively strange and entertaining work reveals fresh, unsettling truths and anxious amusements in a format that welcomes the uninitiated and rewards the faithful.
"Get Your Sh*t Together is the first book that exclusively features recent artwork in color by beloved British artist David Shrigley. This volume celebrates Shrigley's absurd, deadpan sensibility through both his signature drawing style and accompanying text. Organized by chapters with titles such as Stupid, Nonsense, Dirt, Fear, Paranoia, Love, and Self Delusion, this collection is sure to delight die-hard Shrigley fans and new ones alike. This is the largest-format book to date on Shrigley's prolific work, and features design details such as a ribbon marker with one of his mordant sayings printed on it, as well as hand-written, humorous essays throughout" --Amazon
The definitive collection of the work of cult artist David Shrigley.
A profound, unsettling and very funny new book from the cult artist, David Shrigley.
This book was created during a residency at IASPIS, Stockholm, April - May 2009.
The definitive collection of the work of cult artist David Shrigley.
'Ich bin ein ekelhafter Mensch mit Sinn für Humor' David Shrigley Tiefe Weisheit und schallendes Gelächter: David Shrigley ist einer der originellsten zeitgenössischen Künstler. Wir zeigen seine besten Bilder und Texte. Seine Bilder sind bizarr, abgründig, albern, tieftraurig, voller Schalk. Und sie sind vor allem eines: unverwechselbar. David Shrigley, ein Held des schwarzen Humors und ein Star der Indie-Szene, hat eine Botschaft, auch wenn diese oft mit einem hintergründigen Grinsen daherkommt. Jedes seiner scheinbar nur hingekritzelten Bilder birgt eine überraschende und erhellende Perspektive - es ist, als würde man in einen Abgrund blicken und dabei schallend lachen. Launenhaft und unberechenbar setzt er ein Universum aus kleinen Bausteinen zusammen und führt uns die Absurdität menschlicher Existenz vor Augen. Mit speziell für diese Ausgabe in deutscher Sprache konzipierten Arbeiten.