David Shrigley divides people.
Even Guardian art critic Adrian Searle calls his work "very wrong and very bad in all sorts of ways" in his review of the Hayward Gallery's major Shrigley retrospective, which opened this week.
But, says Searle, Shrigley's art is also "ubiquitous and compelling". And few pieces more so than his 2010 campaign video: An important message about the arts.
As the cultural sector squares up to another round of cuts, we thought it worth revisiting. Watch it, share it and if you want more of the same – watch the man himself discussing why art is "one of the most fun things that one can do that's fun". Who can argue with that?
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