{"product_id":"this-elegance-by-derrick-austin-9781960145963","title":"This Elegance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterweaving the sacred and the erotic, \u003ci\u003eThis Elegance\u003c\/i\u003e engages with visual arts through the concept of \u003ci\u003esacra conversazione\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\"sacred conversation\"), a style of Renaissance painting that imagines divine communion across time and space.\u003c\/b\u003e Here, artists, thinkers, and pop icons commune in a similar sacred dialogue-Kathleen Collins, Andre Leon Talley, Richmond Barthe, Lyle Ashton Harris, Juan de Pareja, Janelle Mone, Symone, and others appear as guiding spirits and creative kin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a Black, queer person so often dislocated from time and place, pleasure becomes an act of resistance-a grounding in the now. \u003ci\u003eThis Elegance\u003c\/i\u003e is a love song-an offering to Black artistry, a tribute to visionary lives, and a testament to the power of beauty in even our most precarious moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934396629228,"sku":"9781960145963","price":106.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781960145963-this-elegance.jpg?v=1783915979","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/this-elegance-by-derrick-austin-9781960145963","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}