{"product_id":"9780936316246","title":"Thaddeus Strode: Absolutes and Nothings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThaddeus Strode’s vibrant large-scale paintings are universes unto themselves: wild mash-ups of California surf and skateboard culture, Zen philosophy, rock music, literature, film, and comic books. \u003ci\u003eAbsolutes and Nothings\u003c\/i\u003e marks the artist’s first major museum show, presented as part of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum’s Contemporary Projects series. \u003cbr\u003e Strode’s images draw on a wealth of motifs inspired by a broad range of sources in popular culture, freely combined with the artist’s own creations. The strength and visual pleasure of Strode’s aesthetic come from his self-reflexive combination of painterly styles and incongruous elements, in which enigmatic texts, phantoms, monsters, and castaways play off one another to produce cryptic—and captivating—fantasies. Including over two dozen full-color images of works from 2001 to the present, as well as essays by Sabine Eckmann, Meredith Malone, and Benjamin Weissman, \u003ci\u003eAbsolutes and Nothings\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating premier monograph from one of our most vital and exciting contemporary visual artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028726006000,"sku":"9780936316246","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780936316246_p0.jpg?v=1763868470","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780936316246","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}