{"product_id":"gilbert-george-the-paradisical-pictures-9780903696593b","title":"Gilbert \u0026 George: The Paradisical Pictures","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIn the special edition to celebrate the opening of the Gilbert \u0026amp; George Centre in London, writer, novelist and cultural commentator Michael Bracewell explores the paradise behind \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Paradisical Pictures\u003c\/span\u003e; the thirty-five artworks made by Gilbert \u0026amp; George in 2019.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe special edition of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Paradisical Pictures\u003c\/span\u003e is created to celebrate the opening of the Gilbert \u0026amp; George Centre in East London. It features 11 different metallic foils on the cover and a pink foil edging around the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriter, novelist and cultural commentator Michael Bracewell explores the paradise behind \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Paradisical Pictures\u003c\/span\u003e; the thirty-five artworks made by Gilbert \u0026amp; George in 2019. The artists’ work confounds and rejects all art historical classification or affiliation to other schools or movements in art. As affirmed by \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Paradisical Pictures\u003c\/span\u003e, there is no formalist, aesthetic or conceptual precedent to the ideology and vision they convey with such intensity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe paintings are fantastical, allegorical, narrative, representational, psychedelic, absurdist, modern yet archaic, surrealist-grotesque, inflected with both tragedy and comedy, filled with pathos, touchingly eloquent of human frailty, age and exhaustion. The art of Gilbert \u0026amp; George is a visionary one above all, which reports from a cosmic journey through life that begins on the streets of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Paradisical Pictures\u003c\/span\u003e suggest a chapter in a story that has been unfolding before them and will continue beyond them. This paradise is not a destination but a stage on a longer journey. It is a dream of paradise and an exploration of an archetype that is both secular and sacred.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe paradise of these \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eParadisical Pictures\u003c\/span\u003e proposes a more ambivalent view – a place of biomorphic mutation, exhaustion, watchfulness and possession.","brand":"Hurtwood Press Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42817390084176,"sku":"9780903696593B","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780903696593-l.jpg?v=1785864748","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/gilbert-george-the-paradisical-pictures-9780903696593b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}