Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto (Main)

David ShrigleyRizzoli • ISBN-13 978‑1782114031

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Weak Messages Create Bad Situations: A Manifesto (Main)

David ShrigleyRizzoli

ISBN-10: 1782114033 · ISBN-13: 978‑1782114031 · 2014

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This collection brings together the distinctively crude and darkly comedic drawings of David Shrigley, presented as a manifesto of his unique visual philosophy. Through a series of minimalist sketches and biting, deadpan captions, the artist explores the absurdity of modern life, social anxieties, and the mundane frustrations of the human condition.

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Publisher: Rizzoli
2014
Pages: 384Language: English

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Author: David Shrigley

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Inferred: Contemporary ArtInferred: Contemporary IllustrationInferred: Dark HumorInferred: Doodle ArtInferred: Graphic HumorInferred: SatireInferred: Minimalist DrawingInferred: Satirical IllustrationInferred: Visual WitInferred: Absurdist Art

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Influences: Raymond Pettibon, Gary LarsonCornerstone of: Conceptual Art

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