In 1977, Max Neuhaus turned a triangle of pedestrian space between 45th and 46th Streets in Times Square into an island of harmonic sound. Known as Times Square, the celebrated installation was restored in 2002. This book takes considers the singular impact this artist has had in establishing sound as a medium in contemporary art.
This work consists of an interview with the artist Raymond Pettibon, in which he discusses recurring themes in his work such as baseball and film noir; a survey of the artist's prolific career; an examination of the single strands of Pettibon's oeuvre; and a selection of the artist's writings.
Luc Tuymans works almost exclusively in paint. In the tradition of Flemish and Spanish still-life genre painting, some works represent domestic scenes or commonplace objects. Other paintings have more political source material such as Nazi gas chambers or images associated with Flemish nationalism.