GO FIGURE FIGURATIVE SOCIAL SURREALIST PAINTINGS HC

'Go Figure collects 44 ôsocial surrealistö figurative paintings, spanning 1987û2023. 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 ColwellÆs wide travels, and still others are surreal ù such as ôJunior and the Legsö (2023), which shows a young man strumming a guitar on stage, accompanied by disembodied womenÆs limbs. Each image has a narrative and a moral purposeùoften, one figure bravely moves forward, despite a hostile crowd. In Guy ColwellÆs 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 ôImaginary Reality,ö from which this book is created, in an independent space. Go Figure is in an 11ö X 11ö format, to best feature the high-quality reproductions of these numerous critically praised works.'