Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis Avis Berman or one who has gained

or one who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and achieved spiritual enlightenment in Buddhism

this hand-pulled 13-color lithograph by Ed Ruscha sets the wording of its title against an ominous cloudy sky

One of the most incisive painters of the twentieth century

the book also features an introduction by Ian Wardropper

with images reproduced together in sequence on a black ground

Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis Avis Berman or one who has gainedThis book was published on the occasion of Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis at Gagosian, Hong Kong. The exhibition featured polychrome bronze and mixed media sculptures that pair the Incredible Hulk superhero with a variety of props, as well as several paintings that filter images of nude figures, inflatable animals, and landscapes through obfuscatory treatments including enlarged painterly gestures and Benday dot screens. The surfaces of the sculptures mimic