{"product_id":"go-figure-figurative-social-surrealist-paintings","title":"GO FIGURE Figurative Social Surrealist Paintings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGo Figure\u003c\/em\u003e collects 44 “social surrealist” figurative paintings, spanning 1987-2023. All are in eye-popping color: many depict a crowd in observational tableaux, each figure a character by virtue of dress, body language, and interactions with each other, animals, and their setting. Other paintings reflect Colwell’s wide travels, and still others are surreal -- such as “Junior and the Legs” (2023), which shows a young man strumming a guitar on stage, accompanied by disembodied women’s limbs. Each image has a narrative and a moral purpose -- often, one figure bravely moves forward, despite a hostile crowd. In \u003cstrong\u003eGuy Colwell’s\u003c\/strong\u003e world, no individual could ever be an island, just another part of a rich ecosystem.\n\nThematically, then, it is fitting that this book was made possible by a group of his collectors, who are sponsoring the show\/Guy Colwell retrospective “Imaginary Reality,” from which this book is created, in an independent space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643597914398,"sku":"GOFIH","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/gofih-go-figure-guy-colwell-book.jpg?v=1784517782","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/go-figure-figurative-social-surrealist-paintings","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}