DAVID SHRIGLEY | The work of visual artist David Shrigley could be classified as postmodernist, or atleast a product of the movement, due to its dark, tongue-in-cheek humour, that pokes fun at contemporary art and other aspects of society.
His drawings could be considered as 'anti-art' due to their simplistic appearance, lacking a high level of skill or finesse and challenging existing perceptions of what art actually is.
His drawings could be considered as 'anti-art' due to their simplistic appearance, lacking a high level of skill or finesse and challenging existing perceptions of what art actually is.
IAN STEVENSON | Similarities are shared in Ian Stevenson's illustrations. They also possess a wry sense of humour that is amusing yet vague. Much like original postmodernist works, Stevenson uses appropriation to turn well-known cartoon characters into nightmarish, slightly off versions of themselves.
A naive, simplified drawing style is used to portray these caricatures and messages creating a crude, distorted tone within the images. Handwritten slogans and phrases such as 'seen it before', 'I could have done that' and 'art' demonstrate an awareness of how audiences view creative work, and how his own work doesn't fit into this definition.
Irony, sarcasm, and criticisms of modern life and excesses permeate Stevenson's drawings.
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