Hockney David Hockney Ink Test 19th to
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About This Work
David Shrigley’s *Hockney David Hockney Ink Test 19th to* exemplifies the artist’s sharp, concept-driven approach to drawing as both image and critique. Executed with an intentionally economical line and ink-test immediacy, the work deploys deadpan typography and pared-back mark-making to stage a wry encounter with authorship, reputation, and the mythology of British art. By invoking “Hockney” as a cultural shorthand, Shrigley turns the mechanics of naming into a subject—probing how value is produced through recognition as much as through craft. The resulting composition reads like a studio artefact and a conceptual punchline, fusing contemporary satire with the enduring graphic potency of ink on paper.
About the Artist
David John Shrigley (born 17 September 1968) is a British visual artist. He lived and worked in Glasgow, Scotland for 27 years before moving to Brighton, England in 2015. Shrigley first came to prominence in the 1990s for his distinct line drawings, which often deal with witty, surreal and darkly h...
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