David Shrigley, the 44-year old Glasgow based artist known for his darkly humorous line drawings, was nominated for the Turner Prize, Britain's most prestigious contemporary art award.
He was recognized for the spring retrospective of his work, Brain Activity, at the Hayward Gallery in London. The exhibition included drawings, paintings, film, and a stuffed dog holding an "I'm Dead" sign. The website for the show is an interactive treat (my favorite is the screen where you can turn the light switch on and off…it is endlessly entertaining).
I highly recommend you visit the Brain Activity website to see more of David's work. It's not creepy, serious, here-are-dead-stuffed-animals-to-make-you-uncomfortable work. It's thoughtful and truly hilarious. In fact, according to Nick Clark's article in The Independent, the director of Tate Britain and chair of the jury, Penelope Curtis, believes “[Shrigley] had been wrongly overlooked for a long time because his work suggested itself as being just funny and therefore marginal…Just because it’s funny, doesn’t mean it’s not good.”
Good luck, David. The winner is announced December 2, 2013. I think he'll take it.
See all four nominees here.
Via The Independent.
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