{"product_id":"jim-dine-electrolyte-in-blue-by-jim-dine-9783958297524","title":"Jim Dine: Electrolyte in Blue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Jim Dine's bluntly honest words, \u003cem\u003eElectrolyte in Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"long hate poem\" about \"the evil in our now small world and those who unleashed it,\" exploring themes of anti-Semitism, racism, climate change, as well as the world leaders he condemns, strong among them Donald Trump.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDine's fury and disappointment are clear, yet his vision is not merely bleak. He lays his words over luminous etchings, aquatints and lithographs of botanical themes in buoyant colour. Luscious foliage, flowers, fruit, and vegetables celebrate the natural world and offer solace against the social, political, and environmental concerns which Dine voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is based upon the original \u003cem\u003eElectrolyte in Blue\u003c\/em\u003e, a unique book object in an edition of one, typeset and printed by hand by Ruth Lingen, with whom Dine has collaborated for decades. All in all, \u003cem\u003eElectrolyte in Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is a macabre and glorious document, dark and light, full of compelling contradictions, and with Dine's \"dilemma of trying to stay human and alive under the present circumstances\" at its centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book is about me being 85 years old and doing exactly what I want to do.\u003c\/i\u003e - Jim Dine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431383613676,"sku":"9783958297524","price":165.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958297524.jpg?v=1774557978","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/jim-dine-electrolyte-in-blue-by-jim-dine-9783958297524","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}