{"product_id":"pentimento","title":"Pentimento","description":"From an Italian word meaning “ to repent,” a pentimento is an instance in painting when traces of an artist’ s earlier decisions or mistakes are visible through the final layer(s) of paint. Using modes of confession, ekphrasis, and biblical persona, Pentimento excavates a queerness entangled in one’ s faith tradition. Whether seeking to understand his relationship to god, friends, or family, Garcia interrogates questions that arise on the path to self-acceptance. In “ Self-Portrait as a Virgin,” a biblical persona asks, “ How else are we to take words whole \/ in our mouths, except as they are given?” Concerned with naming, desire, love, and belonging, Pentimento is a response to a kind of annunciation, the almost supernatural calling of the artist to find words through which the self is free to move.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1625570678\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.1625570678.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Garcia, Joshua\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book is in very good condition.  Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45986113224901,"sku":"LFV.1625570678.VG","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/1625570678-0.jpg?v=1774026303","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/pentimento","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}