Im sorry I cant promise it w
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About This Work
In *Im sorry I cant promise it w*, David Shrigley distils a familiar emotional impasse into his signature deadpan shorthand. Marrying sparse, hand-rendered text with an intentionally unpolished graphic sensibility, the work embraces the aesthetics of the everyday—part sketch, part statement—where awkward honesty becomes a visual strategy. Shrigley’s economy of line and casual lettering sharpen the tension between sincerity and absurdity, transforming a half-formed apology into a portrait of contemporary anxiety and fractured communication. Rooted in British conceptual art and the legacy of punk-era DIY, the piece resonates with meme culture and confessional language, offering collectors a concise, culturally astute example of Shrigley’s enduring critique of modern life.
About the Artist
David John Shrigley (born 17 September 1968) is a British visual artist. He lived and worked in Glasgow, Scotland for 27 years before moving to Brighton, England in 2015. Shrigley first came to prominence in the 1990s for his distinct line drawings, which often deal with witty, surreal and darkly h...
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