Spring is Autumn
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About This Work
David Shrigley’s *Spring is Autumn* distils the artist’s signature deadpan wit into a deceptively direct statement, pairing brisk linework with a deliberately pared-back composition. Executed with the economy of means that defines Shrigley’s practice—where drawing functions as both image and punchline—the work turns seasonal certainty into a conceptual misfire, inviting viewers to question how language shapes perception. The blunt typography and graphic immediacy recall vernacular signage and the visual noise of everyday culture, situating the piece within contemporary debates around truth, contradiction, and mediated information. By collapsing opposites into a single, absurd proposition, Shrigley creates a work that is at once humorous and quietly unsettling—an incisive example of contemporary British art’s capacity for social critique.
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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