{"product_id":"9783037641378","title":"Animal Spirits: Fables in the Parlance of Our Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2008, the artist Michael Stevenson (born 1964) self-published a slim book called \u003ci\u003eFables \u003c\/i\u003eto accompany his project \u003ci\u003eLender of Last Resort\u003c\/i\u003e at the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands. It consisted of a series of nine texts in fable form, each of which suggested further allegorical readings on a tableau in the show. All were coauthored by Stevenson and the Berlin-based art critic Jan Verwoert. The \u003ci\u003eLender of Last Resort \u003c\/i\u003eproject was developed around the idea of the bilateral loan contract, and this new edition of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e expands upon this theme, reexamining it in the light of today’s ongoing global financial crisis. The stories were written in a loose Exquisite Corpse manner, and were co-illustrated by the artist and his mother, Margaret Stevenson, in a similar fashion. The stories themselves all address arrangements between two parties or what could be called informal bilateral contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jrp Ringier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044619731184,"sku":"9783037641378","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783037641378_p0.jpg?v=1763716838","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783037641378","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}