Black Cats Everywhere
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About This Work
David Shrigley’s *Black Cats Everywhere* distils his unmistakable brand of deadpan humour into a sharply economical image-text proposition. Rendered with Shrigley’s deliberately unpolished line and pared-back composition, the work embraces the visual language of cartoons and agitprop, using understatement to sharpen its critique. The ubiquitous black cat—loaded with folklore, superstition, and internet-age meme culture—becomes a nimble symbol for collective anxieties and the narratives we project onto everyday signs. By foregrounding blunt mark-making and concise typography, Shrigley collapses “high” and “low” cultural registers, aligning contemporary drawing with conceptual art strategies. The result is a witty, culturally resonant work that reads instantly yet rewards sustained attention.
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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