David Shrigley takes 6,000 copies of DaVinci code novels, pulps them, and turns them into 1250 copies of 1984, on sale for £495 each
by pufballcat
David Shrigley takes 6,000 copies of DaVinci code novels, pulps them, and turns them into 1250 copies of 1984, on sale for £495 each
by pufballcat
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Oi, I was reading that mate
Literally 1984
I don’t understand art. I’m ok with not understanding art.
Make me think of all the copies of 50 Shades of Grey I used to see in charity shops. Maybe they can be pulped into the Da Vinci Code!
Why would I pay £495 for a book that I can get for 50p from a charity shop
Ironically wankier than anything dan brown wrote
Now take 6000 copies of Twilight and pulp them.
and can stop there.
What
*”Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”*
this is like a book joke but entirely for people who dont read
It’s, like, art, yeah? Really makes you think, yeah?
Alternate headline: books recycled
Anyone who has seen previous examples of Shrigley’s ‘art’ won’t be at all surprised, but it’s nice he’s finally made something artistic and useful.
I wouldn’t buy it but it’s a good joke, yes.
See you in Swansea friends
Needless to say, Dan Brown had the last laugh.
>On Saturday 1,250 copies of Shrigley’s 1984 edition will go on sale in the same Oxfam. Each is unique, costs £495 and comes complete with a signed and numbered print.
So these books are probably going to be there for ever at this price in this location.
If I weren’t poor, I’d be tempted to buy a couple of copies of his 1984, pulp them, and turn them back into the DaVinci Code.
Maybe we could start an arms race of continually pulping each others books to flip them between 1984 and DaVinci Code, but each time producing less and less books until there’s only enough paper left at the end for one book. Which I assume would also get pulped, thus representing the futility of man’s endeavour or whatever
Waiting for the copyright takedown from the Orwell Foundation or whatever he had.
David Shrigley is sound. His art is so accessible and he covers the whole spectrum. You can buy something like this for lots of ££ but he also makes stuff like calendars for 30£.
Okay..
Can’t pulp there, mate.
Bit dystopian isn’t it!? Is he the moral arbiter of what books can be destroyed and which survive. All sounds very 1984 to me.
Book double plus ungood rewrite fullwise upsub antefiling.
I think there’s a point in there somewhere but I don’t care enough to work it out
Never heard of this Shrigley fellow but he sounds a bit of a twat from the headline.
From the way it wasn’t really planned and just he started grabbing the books then noticed 1984 was out of copyright etc, this feels less like art and more a yourube video
21 year old art student: “I want to pulp 6000 copies of DaVinci code and re-make them in to copies of 1984 for sale at £495 each”
“stupid pretentious wank. learn how to draw first”
David Shrigley: “I want to pulp 6000 copies of DaVinci code and re-make them in to copies of 1984 for sale at £495 each”
“omg, what a genius”
Should have just used all those unsold copies of Alan Partridge’s autobiography.
Please don’t use AMP, it’s Google stealing revenue. In this case the BBC isn’t running ads but it’s the principle.
I hope it was Kingsley who pulped them.
David Shrigley is one of my favourite artists of all time. He makes me laugh more than Joan Cornella. I have books, pencils, coasters and loads of paraphernalia. He’s a comedy genius
Quick, it’s out of copyright! Now we can actually *produce* 1984 instead of just going on about it like it’s the only book ever.
The ultimate art snobbery..
I feel like there is a message, a joke, or some point here, but for the life of me I don’t get it…
Good for him, what is he, some sort of cunt?