{"product_id":"derek-jarman-by-tony-peake","title":"'Derek Jarman' by Tony Peake","description":"\u003ch4\u003eDerek Jarman is the patron saint of ruined beauty.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI am obsessed with Derek Jarman more than any other person in history. I will recommend anything and everything about him or by him, so as an indicator of my taste, that's the strongest one I can give you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"712\" data-start=\"82\"\u003eThis is a substantial authorised biography of one of the most singular British artists of the late twentieth century: filmmaker, diarist, painter, gardener, AIDS activist, and imho, saint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"712\" data-start=\"82\"\u003eIt follows his whole contradictory life — the art-school intelligence, the punk and queer underground, the films, the politics, the illness, the cultivated myth, and the actual person under it. For anyone interested in film, queer history, art writing, and late-century British counterculture. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"80\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLittle, Brown hardback, first UK edition, 1999.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44268712329299,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-23T124046.163.png?v=1774230059","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/derek-jarman-by-tony-peake","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}