{"product_id":"demeter-meg-cowell","title":"Demeter","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe night is beautiful. The night is romantic. The night is menacing. And so it is with Meg Cowell’s sumptuous photographic works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Cowell’s work is undoubtedly beautiful as any star-filled night, but within that beauty lies a subtle sense of menace. Somehow, as we gaze at the luminous glory of these delicate frocks, we feel uneasy - as though we might perhaps be looking at death in a ball gown. The works are lush with rococo splendour – the gowns are trapped in an eternal, graceful dance. They are romantic images that call to mind candle-lit soirees of Belle Époque elegance; and yet the decadent silks begin to dissipate into smoke at their edges, becoming unreal, immaterial; like Cinderella’s carriage, the façade of beauty is a temporary glamour that quickly evaporates in the light of dawn - or in this case, into the infinite black void.'\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt from Catalogue Essay for Nocturne, by Eric Henshall\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flinders Lane Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Unframed","offer_id":53469151002918,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed","offer_id":53469152903462,"sku":null,"price":1300.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/4179\/2550\/files\/Meg-Cowell-Demeter_2025--85_x_60cm-300DPI_-1200pt_eb23aeb9-081f-446b-85ac-411d12bc2407.jpg?v=1774441858","url":"https:\/\/flg.com.au\/products\/demeter-meg-cowell","provider":"Flinders Lane Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}