Published on the occasion of the exhibition presented at the Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, September 30-December 14, 2001 and at the UCLA Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, February 9-May 5, 2002.

David Shrigley is an artist and illustrator best known for his mordantly humorous cartoons. Self-branded as an outsider in the art world, Shrigley is known for making flat compositions that take on the inconsequential, the bizarre, and the disquieting elements of everyday life. Like the musings of a very wise child displaying the wit and humor of a seasoned observer of the adult world, his illustrations feature crossed-out words, scribbled, uneven lines, and darkly funny aphorisms about the world.

In recent years, Shrigley has expanded his practice to include filmmaking. He directed the video for indie-king Bonnie Prince” Billy’s song Agnes