{"product_id":"ian-kirkpatrick-mountain-of-the-immortals","title":"Ian Kirkpatrick - Mountain of the Immortals","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e4.2 x 2.2 meters meters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHand painted layered over 7 canvases\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eArtist Philip Guston once said: \"The war, what was happening to America, the brutality of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhat kind of man am I, sitting at home, reading magazines, going into frustrated fury about everything-and then going into my studio to adjust a red to a blue?\" ...after which he began painting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003emore socially-conscious artworks. Unfortunately, these new artworks were poorly received by the art world - and Guston only received recognition for them after his death, after which he joined the ranks of other \"immortal\" artists such as Picasso, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis piece compares Philip Guston's journey with that of the Lady of Shalott, who lives in a tower and gazes at the world via a reflection in a mirror, before finally abandoning it to experience the 'real world' outside - with tragic\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"pure evil gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57205824422263,"sku":null,"price":9000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/8705\/files\/IMG_1642.heic?v=1781959887","url":"https:\/\/pureevilgallery.com\/products\/ian-kirkpatrick-mountain-of-the-immortals","provider":"pure evil gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}