A LITTLE LIGHT RELIEF.......CHAPTER 5
From a little way off I saw this…..a large installation which looked a little like a wall of paw marks. Intriguing….so over I went.
David Shrigley (1968-) came to International fame though his cartoon like drawings which appeared in newspapers and magazines. I am sure he is well known but when I got back I asked some of my English friends if they knew his work….no they didn’t. That does not matter. What I like immensely is that his work is minimalist, rather like children’s drawings focusing on the banalities and misunderstandings of everyday life. At times it’s disarming but there is certainly a lot humor there. He works and lives in Glasgow, has won a few important awards but this was the first major solo exhibition in a German museum. A pleasure to see after the modern collection. First gallery