This volume comprises texts by Edward Dimendberg, Gerald Matt, Thomas Mießgang and Hans Rudolf Reust which focus on different aspects of Raymond Pettibon's art: his inspiration from the pictorial arsenal of film noir and the American design of the thirties and forties, as well as his intense relationship with the cartoon figures Vavoom and Gumby.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien, 2006, this detailed catalogue presents all 500 works shown in the exhibition, an intensive interview with Raymond Pettibon which conveys and idea of his intellectual microcosm and the productive energy unfolding in his work.