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Shut up and eat your fries, 2024 -
The Elephant, 2023
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Live Each Day As If It Were Your First, 2022
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Stop Panicking, 2021
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Wine, 2021
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Untitled (I Am Listening), 2020
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I will retrieve your phone
David Shrigley (b. 17 September 1968, Macclesfield, UK) is a British artist renowned for his darkly humorous, deceptively simple works that explore the absurdities of everyday life. His practice spans drawing, sculpture, animation, photography, and music, often featuring crude line drawings paired with witty, surreal, or existential text. Shrigley’s art is celebrated for its raw, childlike style, which belies a sharp, satirical commentary on the human condition.
Notable Works & Exhibitions
"Really Good" (2016): A giant inflatable thumbs-up sculpture installed on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth, embodying Shrigley’s signature humor while provoking thought about positivity and communication.
"Brain Activity" (2012): A mid-career retrospective at London’s Hayward Gallery, showcasing Shrigley’s diverse works.
"Life Model II" (2016): An exhibition at the Rose Art Museum in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
"Do Not Touch the Worms" (2020): An exhibition at Copenhagen
His works are held in prominent collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Tate (London), and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Edinburgh)