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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
George Lithgow

David Shrigley sells 10 tonnes of old rope as art for £1m

Turner Prize-nominated artist David Shrigley has launched a London exhibition featuring a 10-tonne pile of discarded rope, priced at £1m.

He spent months collecting unwanted material – from cruise liner mooring lines to crab and lobster pot cords – which was treated and cleaned at his studio.

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