Description
The human brain can be a bizarre and disturbing instrument. Thankfully, David Shrigley is prepared to help you with the most vexing aspects of your psyche: alcoholism ("it is terrific fun, of course, but there are problems with it"); mental illness ("unlike a hairdryer, when a brain goes wrong 'you cannot just throw it in the river and get another one' "); and neurology ("We all have internal wiring. Sometimes this wiring comes loose. . . . Check for loose wires and re-fasten them with glue.").
How Are You Feeling? takes readers on a journey between the ears, explaining how the brain decides what is right and wrong and why some people are very charming and others behave like monkeys. Dave Eggers has called Shrigley "probably the funniest gallery-type artist who ever lived." His side-splitting illustrated handbook questions the stability of self, the meaning of help, and whether that self was ever worth helping.
About the Author
David Shrigley has worked as a sculptor, photographer, cartoonist, author, and illustrator, and has shown work in London's Tate Gallery and in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has directed animated music videos for such artists as Blur and Bonnie Prince Billy. He lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
Reviews
"I have no idea how to describe this book. Maybe this is what it feels like to be mad-or maybe just human. Shrigley is an immensely talented graphic artist. These are the beautiful, grotesque insides of his head." -- Alexander Nazaryan - The Atlantic
Book Information
ISBN 9780393240399
Author David Shrigley
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 407g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 152mm * 20mm
How Are You Feeling? takes readers on a journey between the ears, explaining how the brain decides what is right and wrong and why some people are very charming and others behave like monkeys. Dave Eggers has called Shrigley "probably the funniest gallery-type artist who ever lived." His side-splitting illustrated handbook questions the stability of self, the meaning of help, and whether that self was ever worth helping.
About the Author
David Shrigley has worked as a sculptor, photographer, cartoonist, author, and illustrator, and has shown work in London's Tate Gallery and in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has directed animated music videos for such artists as Blur and Bonnie Prince Billy. He lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
Reviews
"I have no idea how to describe this book. Maybe this is what it feels like to be mad-or maybe just human. Shrigley is an immensely talented graphic artist. These are the beautiful, grotesque insides of his head." -- Alexander Nazaryan - The Atlantic
Book Information
ISBN 9780393240399
Author David Shrigley
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 407g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 152mm * 20mm
