Tiger Shits
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About This Work
David Shrigley’s *Tiger Shits* distils his deadpan wit into a deceptively direct image, emblematic of the artist’s incisive approach to contemporary drawing. Executed with Shrigley’s characteristic economy of line and unvarnished text, the work leverages cartoon-like immediacy to interrogate taste, taboo, and the arbitrariness of cultural hierarchies—why some subjects are deemed “serious” while others are dismissed as vulgar. By collapsing the majestic symbolism of the tiger into the blunt realities of bodily function, Shrigley punctures romanticised notions of nature and masculinity, exposing humour as a sharp critical tool. Situated within his broader practice of sardonic observations and linguistic disruption, the piece resonates as both accessible and quietly radical in today’s image-saturated culture.
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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