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Red Book

Red Book

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  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：David Shrigley
  • ISBN：0811874303
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Summary

International pop artist David Shrigley's intuitive scrawls and deadpan humor mine unsettling truths and deliver anxious amusements。 This all-new collection of his addictively entertaining work welcomes the uninitiated and rewards the faithful with a fresh dive into Shrigley's dark， strange world。

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Reviews

Mama ，

I found in this book a more cohesive collection of works by David Shrigley。 I bet ‘cohesive’ sounds more like an insult in describing a work like Shrigley’s but it’s not at all a bad critique especially to somebody who’s worked too hard on the inside of the art industries and institutions to make their work look art-brut。 To look like an outsider。 Red Book may not necessarily be his best collection but it’s one of those I appreciated the most。 Having some sort of structure， as far as what consti I found in this book a more cohesive collection of works by David Shrigley。 I bet ‘cohesive’ sounds more like an insult in describing a work like Shrigley’s but it’s not at all a bad critique especially to somebody who’s worked too hard on the inside of the art industries and institutions to make their work look art-brut。 To look like an outsider。 Red Book may not necessarily be his best collection but it’s one of those I appreciated the most。 Having some sort of structure， as far as what constitutes structure among his works， it perhaps lacks that quality of jumbled mess most fans are familiar with but I don’t mind it。 It’s still as sad and bizarre as ever， and most of the time， barely coherent but it’s a Shrigley alright。 It’s also slightly more graphic than I remember David Shrigley being。 You expect wit in the wrong places and it jumps right at you when you least expect it。 。。。more

Ben Mayes ，

Only one star because I had to read it like 7 times to get the story

Shin Machine ，

i don't know if i should love David Shrigley for making such a nicely offensive book of thought-provoking images or hate myself for ever buying this piece of。。。uhh。。。。shit。 i don't know if i should love David Shrigley for making such a nicely offensive book of thought-provoking images or hate myself for ever buying this piece of。。。uhh。。。。shit。 。。。more

Michael Gossett ，

A big book of Shrigley （many of his other books are quite small）。 I love the existentialism embedded in his work; I think it gets at philosophy a lot more quickly than many actual books of philosophy。 Plato would roll over in his grave to hear me praise aesthetics as a vehicle for philosophy， but David Shrigley， intentionally or otherwise， does it as effectively， enjoyably， and efficiently as any artist I've seen。 Or， they are just a bunch of dumb-ass drawings。 Remarkably entertaining， in any ca A big book of Shrigley （many of his other books are quite small）。 I love the existentialism embedded in his work; I think it gets at philosophy a lot more quickly than many actual books of philosophy。 Plato would roll over in his grave to hear me praise aesthetics as a vehicle for philosophy， but David Shrigley， intentionally or otherwise， does it as effectively， enjoyably， and efficiently as any artist I've seen。 Or， they are just a bunch of dumb-ass drawings。 Remarkably entertaining， in any case。 。。。more

waits4thebus ，

This is the kind of art I'm interested in。 Its polarizing。 Its not beautiful because its made by someone with extraordinary talent。 His drawings are doodles that come straight out of his stream of consciousness。 Some of them are funny。 Some cause you to ponder。 Some are disgusting and some I want to frame on my wall。 If it causes me to stop， look， think and move on either in anger or happiness， it has done its job。 This is the kind of art I'm interested in。 Its polarizing。 Its not beautiful because its made by someone with extraordinary talent。 His drawings are doodles that come straight out of his stream of consciousness。 Some of them are funny。 Some cause you to ponder。 Some are disgusting and some I want to frame on my wall。 If it causes me to stop， look， think and move on either in anger or happiness， it has done its job。 。。。more

Jehan ，

I don't know whybut YES。 I don't know whybut YES。 。。。more

Greta ，

At first I was somewhat amused by the drawings， but as I continued through the book I started to feel like I was getting a glimpse of a somewhat disturbed person's view of things while they were high at which point I became bored with it all。 Now I'm wondering why this book was published in the first place。 At first I was somewhat amused by the drawings， but as I continued through the book I started to feel like I was getting a glimpse of a somewhat disturbed person's view of things while they were high at which point I became bored with it all。 Now I'm wondering why this book was published in the first place。 。。。more

Meg ，

It's not funny。 It's just stupid。 It's not funny。 It's just stupid。 。。。more

Michelle ，

I love David Shrigley because he draws like I do。 And because he's funny。 Mostly because he's funny。 I love David Shrigley because he draws like I do。 And because he's funny。 Mostly because he's funny。 。。。more

David ，

David Shrigley is a personal hero of mine because he doodles things very poorly and occasionally labels or otherwise annotates his abysmal doodlings with banalities， which when juxtaposed with his faux-primitivist scribbles transform them （somehow！） into something new and sublime and sad and meaningful and profound。 And funny too， of course。Shrigley's art resembles 'outsider art' -- or it mimics the imminent， unmediated relationship between an artistically untrained but an embarrassingly enthuse David Shrigley is a personal hero of mine because he doodles things very poorly and occasionally labels or otherwise annotates his abysmal doodlings with banalities， which when juxtaposed with his faux-primitivist scribbles transform them （somehow！） into something new and sublime and sad and meaningful and profound。 And funny too， of course。Shrigley's art resembles 'outsider art' -- or it mimics the imminent， unmediated relationship between an artistically untrained but an embarrassingly enthused doodler and his passion for expression。 Clumsy expression。 Very， very clumsy expression。 Oh yes， it's all very ironic， you understand， but not in an irritating， Urban Outfitters t-shirt kind of ironic way。 Do you know Henry Darger？ He's probably one of the most 'famous' outsider artists。 He was this lonely old shut-in who had no friends and spent much of his time writing an extremely long， baroque， illustrated religious novel featuring a warrior cult of girls in frilly dresses （and， oh yeah。。。 with penises）。 He was so socially isolated that he wasn't aware females didn't have penises。 Now that's an outsider。 Anyway， if you look at his drawings and read snippets of the novel （because who in their right mind would or could read the deranged several-thousand-page manuscript in its unedited entirety？）， you'll probably find it fascinating， but more so in a psychological case study sort of way rather than as an （unironically regarded） example of primitivist art。Shrigley remedies the problem by giving us the best of both worlds。 No， he isn't an outsider。 He's probably very much an insider。 Yet he uses the form and ostensible strategies of outsider art。。。 but artfully， fashioning a （difficult） blend of Art with a capital A and entertainment value。 It really is funny。 And it really is sad。 Red Book， his latest book， seems conspicuously sad to me， but also a significant advancement over some of his earlier work。 。。。more

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