DAVID SHRIGLEY at the BALTIC, Gateshead, UK, 10 Sep - 9 Nov

Exhibition Description:

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art will be presenting an exhibition of new work by Scottish based artist David Shrigley which will consist of previously unseen animations and sculptures.

David Shrigley is best known for his cartoon-like intuitive drawings that are typically dead-pan in their humour, deliberately dysfunctional and deal with everyday doubts and fears of the human condition. Throughout his works a nonsensical and anarchic voice is ever present.

Shrigley adds hand-written, unedited texts or assigned titles altering the perspective, the artistic results range from poignant to absurd. His work often questions the nature of contemporary art and the excess of the culture market.

On the ground floor, Shrigley's sculpture plays with the form, creating curious and eccentric propositions by transforming everyday objects or playing with scale. Using this process, he has created Cheers, a pair of grey fishing waders and Wellington boots filled with expanding foam. Shrigley's other recent works have included stuffed animals and doors, as well as tents and sleeping bags filled with foam that grows uncontrollably, allowing the artist little influence over the final form.

Moving to the rear of the space (located within projection cubicles) are two new black and white animated films Sleep (2008) and Lightswitch (2007).

David Shrigley has exhibited extensively internationally and his work has become widely known through appearances in newspapers, including since 2005, a weekly contribution to The Guardian. His animations have also gained a broad appeal through commissions such as Who I Am And What I Want for Channel 4 and a promotional video for Brit Pop band Blur's Good Song.

Description:

Artist: David Shrigley
Title: Cheers 2007
Waders with foam
145 x 45 x 58cm
(57 x 17 3/4 x 23in)
SHRIG 1309

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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays
South Shore Road
Gateshead
NE8 3BA
UK
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