“In his studio the artist has no social responsibility but when the artist displays his work the situation changes.”
The text on this image tells us that Shrigley thinks producing work for yourself means you can be as free as you want and your work is a reflection of what is in your own mind. This is fine until other people are able to view it. He is basically saying that speaking your mind to the public is not always okay.
Description of aesthetics: crude, unpolished, aggressive, transfixed, forceful.
The man in the image has quite an intense and aggressive facial expression and is almost in a warrior-like pose. It appears quite confrontational which may connect to the idea of confronting society with your thoughts and opinions. It could be trying to show that it takes a lot of guts and force to do this.
I think the fact that the text is sitting on ruled lines but is still not well spaced or even suggests that there is an element of attempted control. Almost like a reflection of the control society has over us but this does not always mean that everyone follows those rules. The ruled lines don’t fit in with the painted textures of the rest of the piece.
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