The man who enshrined a Hoover vacuume and a basketball, who created a life-sized polychromed wood replica of Michael Jackson & his pet chimp Bubbles, who transferred his sex life with Italian porn star/wifeIlona Staller onto canvas, and who made a monumental topiary sculpture in the shape of a puppy...delivers this survey of works from before & after the most recent millennium shift. The book presents three elaborate, highly-produced series, including the joyously effusive "Celebration," an ambittious study of 16 photo-realist paintings, and 20 stainless steel sculptures that draw upon the symbols & objects associated with festive observances. Illus., 40 color images.
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The man who enshrined a Hoover vacuume and a basketball, who created a life-sized polychromed wood replica of Michael Jackson & his pet chimp Bubbles, who transferred his sex life with Italian porn star/wifeIlona Staller onto canvas, and who made a monumental topiary sculpture in the shape of a puppy...delivers this survey of works from before & after the most recent millennium shift. The book presents three elaborate, highly-produced series, including the joyously effusive "Celebration," an ambittious study of 16 photo-realist paintings, and 20 stainless steel sculptures that draw upon the symbols & objects associated with festive observances. Illus., 40 color images.