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David’s Idea of Fun

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Artist David Shillinglaw is proud to present his new exhibition My Idea of Fun. Moving between street and studio, he presents paintings on canvas, found objects transformed and spirited wall murals at StolenSpace Gallery in London.

“As a child I made art continually, unencumbered by expectation, judgment or the fear of failing. My Idea of Fun is an attempt to return to the liberation of creating for my own pleasure, focusing on the act rather than deliberating over the product created.

“The results are revelatory. Infused by the vivid motifs I see in everyday life, the playful, often mischievous tone of the work has elements of the livery of a Victorian fairground, loaded with positive contemporary mantras and brightly colored reminders of all things analogue. The work, in all its forms, transforms ordinary or familiar objects into a bricolage of eye candy, inviting you to get lost in a strange but compelling world of color and shape.

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“By combining a child’s fearless creativity with the technique and knowledge of an adult my art is formed through happy accident and then exploited by my ruthless drive to create objects and imagery that work, adding and subtracting, pushing and pulling until the creative resolution is found. I don’t always know why something works, or why something is ‘good’, I just feel it.

“I once bought pieces to a board game in a flea market in Amsterdam. The pieces were very worn and came in a shabby wooden box, each piece hand-crafted and color coded. The game came without instructions, and the few words on the box were in Dutch. I’m playing with the pieces as I write this, not understanding what I’m doing with the pieces or why, unconcerned by the absence of a clarifying structure, only enjoying the act of play and the limitless possibilities it offers.”


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