10 artists and texts that inform my practice and that i find useful in the creation of my work Artists 1. Richard Wentworth His affection for the mundane. 2. David Shrigley Text/paper based art using humour and social commentary. 3. Marcel Duchamp The appropriation extraordinaire. 4. Leigh Clarke Text based art that involves wordplay and humour. 5. Doug Fishbone Humorous art that grabs people on a social level. 6. Lisa Levy Mixed media, text based art and titles that are directives. Texts 7. Arthur Danto - Transfiguration of the Commonplace 8. Richard Wentworth - Making Do and Getting By 9. Susan Sontag - Against Interpretation 10.Henri Lefebvre - Critique of Everyday Life