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| David Shrigley sets up signposts to our 'crazy' world at Manchester's Cornerhouse | David Shrigley sets up signposts to our 'crazy' world at Manchester's Cornerhouse |
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| There are many reasons why it's proper good to live in Manchester. Whether it's the people, the atmosphere or the eclectic range of hostelries, Mancunians love their city. | There are many reasons why it's proper good to live in Manchester. Whether it's the people, the atmosphere or the eclectic range of hostelries, Mancunians love their city. |
| Check out some of them on this recent Northerner post about the Mancorialist Tumblr blog. And one of their most popular hangouts is the Cornerhouse, a bohemian centre for contemporary visual arts and independent film. And there's a great bar. | Check out some of them on this recent Northerner post about the Mancorialist Tumblr blog. And one of their most popular hangouts is the Cornerhouse, a bohemian centre for contemporary visual arts and independent film. And there's a great bar. |
So how could the Cornerhouse get any cooler? The answer: by staging a major exhibition devoted to the sideways-looking artist David Shrigley. | So how could the Cornerhouse get any cooler? The answer: by staging a major exhibition devoted to the sideways-looking artist David Shrigley. |
| Even if the name doesn't ring a bell, you will probably have seen one of Shrigley's deliberately dysfunctional drawings on a greetings card, postcard or poster. One of his most famous pieces of work is a photograph of a scrap of paper pinned to a tree trunk. It reads: "LOST. GREY AND WHITE PIGEON WITH BLACK BITS. NORMAL SIZE. A BIT MANGY-LOOKING. DOES NOT HAVE A NAME. CALL 257 1964." But the new exhibition, which starts on October 6, will display much more than Shrigley's canon of subversive cartoon-like sketches. There will be paintings, sculpture and never-seen-before live performance. Put simply, visitors will be able to immerse themselves in Shrigley's skewed world. | Even if the name doesn't ring a bell, you will probably have seen one of Shrigley's deliberately dysfunctional drawings on a greetings card, postcard or poster. One of his most famous pieces of work is a photograph of a scrap of paper pinned to a tree trunk. It reads: "LOST. GREY AND WHITE PIGEON WITH BLACK BITS. NORMAL SIZE. A BIT MANGY-LOOKING. DOES NOT HAVE A NAME. CALL 257 1964." But the new exhibition, which starts on October 6, will display much more than Shrigley's canon of subversive cartoon-like sketches. There will be paintings, sculpture and never-seen-before live performance. Put simply, visitors will be able to immerse themselves in Shrigley's skewed world. |
With the title How Are You Feeling?, the exhibition aims to provoke reflection while cocking a snoop at the plethora of self-help books clogging Britain's bookshop shelves. Instead of treatises on psychiatry and the diagnosis of psychosis, Shrigley hopes to provide something else - art therapy. | With the title How Are You Feeling?, the exhibition aims to provoke reflection while cocking a snoop at the plethora of self-help books clogging Britain's bookshop shelves. Instead of treatises on psychiatry and the diagnosis of psychosis, Shrigley hopes to provide something else - art therapy. |
| According to the artist, he wants to help people to cope with an "increasingly crazy and poorly signposted world". Will he pull it off? Get down to the Cornerhouse and find out if you get lost. | According to the artist, he wants to help people to cope with an "increasingly crazy and poorly signposted world". Will he pull it off? Get down to the Cornerhouse and find out if you get lost. |
| David Shrigley's How Are You Feeling? is Galleries 1, 2 & 3 at the Cornerhouse. Saturday 6 October – Sunday 6 January. Free. Tuesdays - Saturdays 12:00 - 20:00, Sundays 12:00 - 18:00, Mondays closed. More details here. | David Shrigley's How Are You Feeling? is Galleries 1, 2 & 3 at the Cornerhouse. Saturday 6 October – Sunday 6 January. Free. Tuesdays - Saturdays 12:00 - 20:00, Sundays 12:00 - 18:00, Mondays closed. More details here. |
| Here's a little YouTube clip which the Cornerhouse has put out. | Here's a little YouTube clip which the Cornerhouse has put out. |
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