With visitors swapping their old tennis balls for new ones, this evolving installation, and ongoing project by British artist David Shrigley sees shelves of yellow spheres replaced with misshapen and discoloured forms that represent the joy of trade. Participants are rewarded with a pin badge decorated with the exhibition’s title, in Shrigley’s distinctive handwriting. This text also appears in green neon letters that amplify the feel of a high street shopfront. Co-opting the aesthetic of a sign or advertisement, the ambiguous string of words undermines its informative format with mischievous humour.
David Shrigley, Mayfair Tennis Ball Exchange, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Fremantle Arts Centre
4 August to 7 September 2025
Western Australia
