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David Shrigley — I'm So Excited
David Shrigley

I'm So Excited

"I'm So Excited" exemplifies David Shrigley's characteristic crude figurative style, rendered through screenprint in colors with a varnish overlay that adds dimension and visual complexity to the composition. The work, printed on full sheet Somerset paper, captures the artist's signature blend of childlike drawing technique and provocative subject matter, reflecting his interest in the tensions between crude expressiveness and refined printmaking processes. Shrigley's practice often subverts expectations of both fine art materials and conventional representation, using accessible mediums to create works that are simultaneously humorous and unsettling.

Medium
Screenprint in colors with varnish overlay, on Somerset paper, the full sheet.

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February 12, 2025

Lot 173

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David Shrigley, I'm So Excited

"I'm So Excited" exemplifies David Shrigley's characteristic crude figurative style, rendered through screenprint in colors with a varnish overlay that adds dimension and visual complexity to the composition. The work, printed on full sheet Somerset paper, captures the artist's signature blend of childlike drawing technique and provocative subject matter, reflecting his interest in the tensions between crude expressiveness and refined printmaking processes. Shrigley's practice often subverts expectations of both fine art materials and conventional representation, using accessible mediums to create works that are simultaneously humorous and unsettling.

Medium
Screenprint in colors with varnish overlay, on Somerset paper, the full sheet.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

British Artist, Outsider Art, 21st Century, Crude aesthetic, Contemporary Art, Drawing, Ink on Paper, Figurative, Humorous, Satirical

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