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"British artist David Shrigley is best known for his humourous drawings that make witty and wry observations on everyday life.

Trained as a fine artist, his deliberately crude graphic style gives his work an immediate and accessible appeal, while simultaneously offering insightful commentary on the absurdities of human relationships" (from southbankcentre.co.uk).

Laura Cumming of London's The Observer says, "Shrigley deserves his immense popularity. For almost 20 years he has produced a ceaseless stream of ideas, observations, jokes and strange insights in the form of left-field drawings that have appeared in broadsheet newspapers, books and magazines as well as galleries. Deadpan, escapist and distinctively cack-handed, they make up a little world in themselves."

Coming to San Francisco from the Hayward Gallery in London, David Shrigley's Brain Activity exhibition will be at the YBCA from June 22 to Sept 23, 2012. Betty-Sue Hertz, Director of Visual Arts at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (and CDS parent) will give a tour of this highly regarded show.