A big new book of writing from David Shrigley: master of the inexplicable and surreal, Turner Prize nominee, and Instagram phenomenon (with 1.2 million followers)

The cultural icon is back: but this time, with no illustrations. Creative Writing is a thoughtfully designed, black and white book of David's comic writing - pure words, pure joy, pure Shrigley.

Featuring . . .

Creative Project
The shape of a banana
Whatever you create
it must be the shape of a banana
and look like a banana
That is the only constraint
otherwise you are completely free
to create whatever you want
Let your imagination run wild

and others . . .

Details

ISBN13: 9781837266364
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 304
Edition: Main
Publication Date: 05 Jan 2027
Publisher: Canongate Books
Publication City, Country: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 22(H)x15.9(L)x2.6(W)451
Weight (gm): 451

Author Biography

David Shrigley was born in Macclesfield in 1968 and studied at Glasgow School of Art. His work has been exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, at the MoMA in New York, and in Paris, Berlin, Melbourne and beyond. He has published over twenty books, and has animated a music video for Blur and produced another for Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. His work has also been profiled in a documentary for Channel 4. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2013 and in 2016 his sculpture Really Good was installed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth. In 2018, he was the Guest Director of the Brighton Festival. He lives and works in Brighton.

@davidshrigley
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Reviews

With a casual gesture Shrigley points to that hideous shape whose name I've never known - and then he names it. And the name is profoundly, embarrassingly familiar. I'm laughing while frantically searching for a pen, so desperate to capture the feeling he has unearthed in me -- MIRANDA JULY
Shrigley's work is very wrong and very bad in all sorts of ways * * Guardian * *
Probably the funniest gallery-type artist who ever lived -- DAVE EGGERS
Shrigley mines a mordant, scatological seam, conjuring up the dark tradition of British humour that threw up Tony Hancock and Chris Morris * * The Times * *