Hockney Untitled for Joel Wachs
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About This Work
David Shrigley’s *Hockney Untitled for Joel Wachs* distils portraiture into his characteristically spare, deadpan graphic language, where economy of line becomes both wit and critique. Executed with the directness of an artist’s note—bold contour, flattened form, and deliberately unpolished mark-making—the work plays with the cultural weight of the “art world name” while refusing reverence. Shrigley’s approach aligns with post-punk humour and conceptual art strategies: the image reads instantly, yet lingers as a meditation on authorship, celebrity, and the mechanics of homage. By invoking Hockney and dedicatory formats, Shrigley reframes contemporary drawing as a sharp social instrument—accessible, satirical, and acutely tuned to how cultural icons circulate.
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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