{"product_id":"orange-grove-clifford-prince-king","title":"Orange Grove \/ Clifford Prince King","description":"\u003cp\u003eTIS Books. New. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eClifford Prince King moved to Orange Grove in 2016 with friend and collaborator Malcolm Marquez. They shared a warm two-bedroom in the Burbank hills, tucked into a leafy courtyard within walking distance of the Sprouts, where King worked the early shift. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThe photographs from this time detail the spectrum of exploration, bliss, and transformation that comes with burgeoning queerness in a new creative, social, and physical landscape that shaped the ethos of these two artists’ creative practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrange Grove\u003c\/em\u003e is dark and handsome, filled with King\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es warm and intricate portraits that flow like tapestries while witnessing lovers and friends in the ether of vulnerability. With eyes wrapped around each other, King\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es portraits remind the viewer that sex and intimacy are intrinsically collaborations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eKing makes the everyday transparent while embracing the fantasy of the daydream. Romance in Libra demands balance, doesn\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003et it? A night comes and goes, but what if the moment could last forever? Fingers interlaced, a slow dance in the kitchen, post-hookup eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrange Grove\u003c\/em\u003e is an orbital chart filled with many lives and connections. King is not the center, but he touches all as he traverses new realities of desire and intimacy. Woven into the narrative is King\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es 2018 HIV diagnosis, and the subsequent shifts in the body that illness brings. Sheets dampened from night sweats transpose to pills on two tongues and an arm around the shoulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA bedroom is a place of mending, dreaming, and f**king. Orange Grove was a home. An altar to domesticity washed in the spirit of an evolving understanding of what is queer and black and masculine (not necessarily in that order). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eYou\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003ere invited in. You\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003ere taken care of. There are books you\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003eve never read, knick knacks on the shelf, a meal placed before you. Lay down on the floor and gaze around or you\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003ell miss what\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003es present. King holds his own dearly with intrigue and grace. \u003cem\u003eOrange Grove\u003c\/em\u003e captures with precision the wonder of companionship and the beauty of developing selfhood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57596576792742,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/cliff1.webp?v=1791589334","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/orange-grove-clifford-prince-king","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}