{"product_id":"gilded-shell-9798233104206","title":"Gilded Shell","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Brian Pollo\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Sandiwa Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Sandiwa Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Criticism \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This sculpture interrogates the liminality of post-industrial silence.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslation: It's a rusted radiator in a white room, and it costs more than your mortgage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever stood in a gallery feeling like a philistine because you didn't \"get\" a pile of bricks, or if you've ever lived in a \"machine for living\" that felt more like a \"container for misery\", you've been a victim of the \u003cstrong\u003epseudoprofound\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGilded Shell\u003c\/em\u003e, I comment on the aesthetic gaslighting of the modern era. From the leaking roofs of modernist icons to the semantic acrobatics of the avant-garde, I contend that true profundity shouldn't require a 500-page manual to be felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's time to stop nodding politely at the \"invisible suit\" and start trusting your eyes again in this age of high-brow nonsense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandiwa Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47573848719511,"sku":"9798233104206","price":1045.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233104206.webp?v=1774893960","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gilded-shell-9798233104206","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}