DAVID SHRIGLEY: LOSE YOUR MIND

The British artist's work gained further profile in 2016 after winning the commission for the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. In September he unveiled his bronze sculpture Really Good, a ten-metre-high hand giving a thumbs up.

David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind, a British Council exhibition, shows the breadth of Shrigley’s practice and his darkly witty imaginings. Amongst drawing, sculpture and animated film, key works include Ostrich, 2009, in which a taxidermied bird loses its head; Beginning, Middle and End, 2009, a ‘giant continuous sausage’ crafted from clay that is rolled out and arranged in the gallery; and Cheers, 2007 a pair of fishing waders filled with expanding foam.

With a sense of humour that crosses cultural and language boundaries with ease, David Shrigley: Lose Your Mind is an opportunity to have fun and feel better for it. You will almost certainly laugh, but expect to feel a little unsettled. Shrigley’s work is playful, but it’s challenging too.

The exhibition comes to Christchurch from Seoul, Korea, where the season was extended to satisfy public demand.