David Shrigley
(British, b. 1968)
Untitled, 2020
Ink on paper
16 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.
Gallery Purchase
Perhaps informed by his background as a cartoonist for major news publications, David Shrigley creates works that are often political in nature. This piece was produced as part of a series of Lockdown Drawings that he began during recent shelter-in-place orders. Rendered in Shrigley’s approachable style, the work comprises a quadrant of cartoon cells, each featuring a figure treading water, arms thrashing about. With a disarming sense of humor, Shrigley addresses inadequate government responses to the pandemic in the accompanying text: NO RUSH TO SAVE ME, JUST TAKE YOUR TIME.
Biography
Shrigley received a BA in Fine Art from the Glasgow School of Art (1991). His work has appeared in the Carnegie International Biennial, Biennale de Lyon, Folkstone Triennial, and the Glasgow International, as well as at such institutions as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; and Tate Modern, London. Shrigley has published numerous books, magazines, animations, and records, and regularly contributes cartoons to the New Statesman, The Guardian, and Independent on Sunday Review, among others. Shrigley is represented by Anton Kern Gallery in New York, and resides in Brighton, England.
