The Shrigley mural
The Shrigley Mural
David Shrigley at The Yard.
On the side of The Yard, there is now a very large cockerel - by artist David Shrigley.
The mural marks the opening of The Yard, our new home in King’s Cross. Part workshop, part studio, part lab, part archive; David's cockerel is a fitting mascot. Watchful. Timely. Colourful.
You can visit the mural - and the Yard - at 6 Blundell Street, King's Cross, London, N7 9BH.
Now you know.
Tom’s a good pal of mine and i'm a big fan of Cubitts spectacles. So I was delighted to provide a mural for Cubitts HQ and thought this would be a good fit for the wall.
When we first took The Yard, one of the most extraordinary things about the building was this vast, empty wall along its west side - a huge blank canvas. And given the area’s slightly insalubrious history as Belle Isle, in the shadow of Pentonville Prison, it felt like the building needed something to lift it. I immediately thought of my old pal David Shrigley. Over the years, I’ve heard people refer to Cubitts being run by a massive cockerel - so it was pleasing that David appears to have taken this literally, and given us one.