DAVID SHRIGLEY (ENG)
There is a point in Valle-Inclán’s play Bohemian Lights when the author speaks through the mouth of his protagonist, Max Estrella: ‘Classical heroes reflected in those concave mirrors manifest Esperpento. The tragic sense of life can occur only with a systematically deformed aesthetics.’ The drawings of David Shrigley touch on the dark side of everyday […]
DAVID SHRIGLEY
At one point in “Luces de Bohemia,” Valle-Inclán speaks through the mouth of his protagonist, Max Estrella: “Classical heroes reflected in concave mirrors give the Esperpento. The tragic sense of life can only be given with a systematically deformed aesthetic.” David Shrigley’s drawings allude to the darkest side of everyday existence. They are direct, uncompromising, […]
