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Showing precisely how each image was altered adds a uniquely enjoyable aspect to this art book.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49738598973713,"sku":"NGR9783943330427","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/3943330427.jpg?v=1750999943"},{"product_id":"discrepancies-book-alex-gross-9781584234265","title":"Discrepancies","description":"Frederick Douglass, a Centaur, serpents, Christ, and an assortment of mythical beasts are just some of the characters that appear within the world of Alex Gross's lush, incongruous paintings in Discrepancies. Historical figures coexist with fashionable men and women, often on their cell phones, and frequently set in landscapes that simultaneously invoke both Gothic Flemish Art and the metropolitan, billboard-infested urban advertising that we find inescapable in our world today. This slim, oversized edition catalogues the best of his work over the last 4 years.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50275147481361,"sku":"CIN1584234261G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52901598560529,"sku":"GOR014655796","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1584234261.jpg?v=1751342493"},{"product_id":"future-tense-book-alex-gross-9781584235750","title":"Future Tense","description":"This existential vacuum is the psychological landscape that Gross presents in 'Future Tense'. A lengthy parade of characters lost in their cell phones, iPads and computers find themselves in worlds of neon-lit supermarkets, billboard infested metropolises, and naturalistic countryside panoramas. Most of his characters appear bored and distracted. His work exposes the result of corporate-dictated mass culture and our inability to be present and interact with the real world. Alex Gross' paintings remind us, that it is impossible to escape consumerism's domination.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50337555611921,"sku":"CIN1584235756VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51612532080913,"sku":"CIN1584235756G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1584235756.jpg?v=1751087838"},{"product_id":"art-of-alex-gross-book-alex-gross-9780811855341","title":"Art of Alex Gross","description":"The dreamlike art of Alex Gross transcends genre. At once crisply rendered and eerily fantastic, his work is a melange of fairytale, allegory, and pop culture references. 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Gross' s unique mix of realism and whimsy has made his work hugely popular with fans of pop-surrealism and lowbrow art, and has garnered much critical acclaim.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50763156750609,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50763158225169,"sku":"CIN0811855341G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0811855341.jpg?v=1751043569"},{"product_id":"prison-of-the-mind-paintings-by-alex-gross-2014-2023-book-alex-gross-9781584238027","title":"Prison of the Mind: Paintings by Alex Gross 2014-2023","description":"This book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the origins of populism in Canada and the United States and its development into a powerful and at times disturbing political force. 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