Heaven

The traditional religious images of gods, saints, angels and devils have survived in our secularized world.

But today religion takes on a guise more in tune with the times and has been camouflaged so as to survive in the postmodern world.

Figures like Elvis Presely, Kurt Cobain and Marilyn Monroe have become icons of our culture because they have acquired a religious aura.

Out new places of worship are the graves fo famous people and football stadiums, whilst paradise can be found in tourist resorts and in shopping centres.

This book uses the work of 35 international artists to illuminate the hidden structures of a contemporary religious energy, including Thierry Mugler, Vanessa Beecroft, Mariko Mori, Sylvie Fleury, Jeff Koons, Orlan and Tony Oursler.