{"product_id":"9780976449256","title":"Stephen Bush: Gelderland","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Australian painter Stephen Bush may be best known for having made 27 copies of his \u003ci\u003eThe Lure of Paris,\u003c\/i\u003e a black-and-white work in which Babar the elephant king, cast as colonial explorer, studies the view from a craggy seaside cliff. This survey of Bush's work since 2000, with a selection of earlier pieces, tracks a shift from that beautifully executed but cynical take on history painting towards a more surrealistic, Leipzig-esque style in vibrant, clashing colors. Hermetic, introverted figures and man-made structures—a beekeeper at his nests—are paired with dramatic scenery in an apocalyptic palette of hot pink, coral, lavender and kelly green. As \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e has noted, Bush turns the landscape genre \"inside out. Rather than a mind calmed by the natural environment, these paintings record the external manifestation of psychological trauma.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SITE Santa Fe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029334212848,"sku":"9780976449256","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780976449256_p0.jpg?v=1763879124","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780976449256","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}