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      David Shrigley

      ERR (Eighth Edition, 2008)

      96 pages | Black & white | 210 x 150 mm, Soft cover | 2008 | Edition of 1,500 copies
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David Shrigley, an artist based in Glasgow, has achieved international recognition; the success of this book has increased as his work has reached an ever-wider audience.
Shrigley’s work has been described as having the ability to make one laugh and cry at the same time. Working across different media – drawing, sculpture, photography and painting – Shrigley’s output defies categorisation and, indeed, resists analysis.

Err illustrates the moral and artistic conundrums at the heart of contemporary commentary, using drawings full of bleak humour, that confound the brain and unsettle the soul.

Originally published in 1995 – eighth edition, 2008, with a new cover designed by the artist.


グラスゴーを拠点に活動するアーティストのDavid Shrigleyは、国際的な認知度も高い。本書の成功は彼の作品がより多くの鑑賞者に響いたことにより増大する。
Shrigleyの作品は誰かを笑わせるのと同時に泣かせたりするような才能を秘めているように伺える。ドローイング、彫刻、写真、ペインティングなどあらゆるメディアを駆使するがゆえ、Shrigleyの制作はカテゴライズされることを受け付けず、頑として分析という行為に抵抗する。

脳みそを混乱させたり魂を乱すようなブラックユーモアあふれるドローイングを用いて、過ちは現代的な論評の真髄のなかでのモラルやアーティスティックななぞを例証する。

初版1995年。2008年に第8版を刊行、新しいカバーデザインはアーティスト自身が手がけている。
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