{"product_id":"go-figure-figurative-social-surrealist-paintings-hc-mr","title":"GO FIGURE FIGURATIVE SOCIAL SURREALIST PAINTINGS HC (MR)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIAL ORDER ITEM\u003c\/strong\u003e — This item is not stocked in our store. It is ordered in from our distributor after you purchase it, and additional shipping is required.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGo Figure 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 Guy Colwell’s world, no individual could ever be an island, just another part of a rich ecosystem.Thematically, 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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(W\/A\/CA) Guy Colwell\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/runeworkscomics.myshopify.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/902f9e0b-9bf0-48b2-a5cd-5ebcf07e6b94_4f0ce7c1-dad6-4447-b796-a88faeebe946.png?v=1773693174\u0026amp;width=750\"\u003e","brand":"Lunar \/ Universal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54366459887984,"sku":"0325FB478","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/2318\/6800\/files\/0325FB478.jpg?v=1790307955","url":"https:\/\/runeworkscomics.com\/products\/go-figure-figurative-social-surrealist-paintings-hc-mr","provider":"RUNE WORKS COMICS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}