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Such is his prolific output that he has left in his wake a score of books. spoken word LPs, posters. prints and photographs.
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people to submit ideas for posters for events. He ended up with 300. Here are a few of them. along with some of the highlights of his earlier work.
In a world where so many things are wrong, David Shrigley‘s work just feels so right.
DCA, Dundee, Sat 18 Nov—Sun 21 Jan. Dr Clock’s Handbook featuring contributions by David Shrigley is out now published by Redstone
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