I had a great conversation with American artist Alex Gross in Los Angeles. His paintings are figurative, surreal and are filled with his personal reflections on contemporary culture. He has had numerous solo exhibitions and has shown in dozens of museum and gallery exhibitions around the world. And he’s published four books of his work.

We talked about smartphones, superheroes, student debt, and lots of art and painting . . .

Here are the main points of what we talk about:

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