Ive Never Seen You
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About This Work
David Shrigley’s *Ive Never Seen You* distils his deadpan wit into a deceptively direct image-text proposition, characteristic of the artist’s celebrated fusion of drawing and language. Executed with Shrigley’s intentionally unpolished line and spare composition, the work leverages immediacy as a technique—inviting viewers to complete the meaning through their own assumptions, memories, and social cues. The fractured grammar of the title heightens a sense of awkward encounter, turning everyday communication into a site of psychological tension and humour. Positioned within contemporary British art’s lineage of conceptual text works and graphic satire, Shrigley’s piece functions as both cultural mirror and critique, interrogating recognition, intimacy, and the absurdity of modern exchange.
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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