{"product_id":"gilbert-george-the-paradisical-pictures-9780903696708b","title":"Gilbert \u0026 George: The Paradisical Pictures","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe paperback 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilbert \u0026amp; George’s 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.\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 the exploration of an archetype that is both secular and sacred.","brand":"Hurtwood Press Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42820310728784,"sku":"9780903696708B","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780903696708-l.jpg?v=1785879257","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/gilbert-george-the-paradisical-pictures-9780903696708b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}