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What the Hell Are You Doing?
The Essential David Shrigley
- Author: David Shrigley
- Category: Fiction Non-fiction Art / Illustrated
- Publisher: Canongate
- Pub date: 16 September 2010
- Length: 320 pages
About What the Hell Are You Doing?
Shrigley’s comedy appears to confirm the belief of great humourists (from Laurence Sterne to Woody Allen) that laughter is synonymous with hope. In the arena of contemporary art, Shrigley’s work maintains a dualism, which is rare, rewarding and ultimately generous
- FRIEZE
A beautifully designed and darkly comic collection of work, The Essential David Shrigley collects together the best of Shrigley’s work, old and new. It is a celebration of the surreal world of one of our finest contemporary artists.
About the Author
David Shrigley has lived and worked in Glasgow since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1991. His work encompasses drawing, photography and sculpture and has been shown internationally, including solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Zurich. His work was featured weekly in The Guardian from 2005 to 2009 and he has had a number of books of his work published, most recently the retrospective What the Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley.
He collaborated with animator Chris Shepherd on the film Who I am and What I Want in 2005. Worried Noodles, a CD released in 2007, features settings of the lyrics from his book Worried Noodles – the Empty Sleeve by artists as diverse as David Byrne, Franz Ferdinand and TV on the Radio.