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David Shrigley paints Malmo skate bowl

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Written by Shelley Lee Jones at 14:57 on July 24, 2009 Comments (3)

David Shrigley paints Malmo skate bowl
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Eccentric illustrator David Shrigley has lent his charming drawing skills to a bowl in Bryggeriet Skatepark in Malmo, Sweden.

This bold and slightly crazy illustration was commissioned for the Ultra Malmo Bowl competition that runs from July 25 - 26. As well as some damn fine pool skating action, the event will also feature a best trick contest on 10 set of stairs, a Women's Mini Ramp competition and the world's best fingerboard team!

So if you are in the Malmo area this weekend, check-ch-check-check it out as the Beastie Boys would say.
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For those unfamiliar with his work, David Shrigley is famous for his black and white sketches that present kitchen-sink realism in a satirical and ironic way. He gives the ordinary and mundane an insightful, funny and often dark spin in illustrations that delight the eye yet wouldn't seem out of place in a Ren & Stimpy nightmare sequence.
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Malmö Ultrabowl @ Stapelbäddsparken 25-26 july from Bryggeriet Skatepark on Vimeo.

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Creative Commons LicenseDavid Shrigley paints Malmo skate bowl (text) by Shelley Lee Jones is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK License.

Comments (3)

  • That sketch cracks me up. David Shrigley is a genius.

    Lisa - July 24, 2009, 16:18 / Report abuse
  • I hear this guy got something like a 3rd at art school, but he's a bloody genius if you ask me!

    Katie - July 25, 2009, 10:03 / Report abuse
  • Ah shows what they know! You should check out the album he did Worried Noodles its got tons of cool bands like Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip and Deerhoof on it. Weird but SO cool

    Shelley Lee Jones - July 27, 2009, 17:33 / Report abuse

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