Byrning Bright on Queen

"Among much else, Byrne has become a connoisseur of sorts of the grotesqueries and inadvertent beauty of our cluttered consumer culture."

At once artist and huckster: David Byrne’s New Sins conquer Queen St.

"Each image is accompanied by a section of text from The New Sins that goes on to count 'Beauty,' 'Sweetness,' 'Charity' and 'Hope' among today's more inexcusable excesses."

The Fun in Holding David Byrne’s Book

"I focus on the book as physical object first because Byrne himself already covered the creation of the text in his diary, and second because the project was originally conceived by Byrne as a piece of art, with the text and format and look of it all important to its success as an object."

On The Record: A Conversation with…David Byrne

"There are quite a number of religious books whose subjects seem to be much more important than the author’s name."

The Good Book

"That experience, or something close to it, was probably enjoyed by a few visitors to Valencia, Spain, last year — at least, the ones who stayed in motels."

David Byrne: Getting the I Out of Design

"Like so many laboratory experiments, the performances of these theatre makers are made to demonstrate how people’s conscious intentions are but a small part of a larger forcefield, made up of the unconscious, the body, mass media, diverse cultural frames, and so on."

Byrne, Baby, Byrne

"Occasionally, sections of the book are direct lifts from tracts, but paraphrased or reworked slightly. Other sections are less literally inspired, but the use of convoluted language, bizarre reasoning and repetition are obvious influences from this genre of literature."

The New Testament

"New Sins records a commission from the Valencia Biennale that gave Byrne an opportunity to return to his roots in the mildly experimental."

The New Sins by David Byrne

"I liked the idea of placing this little book, which would look very much like a Bible, in hotel drawers because I figured giving the whole thing away would run at the same cost of shipping art in and out. This way everyone gets a souvenir."

The New Sins: Good Book for Bad Advice

"The New Sins is his latest attempt to borrow the devotional robes of supernatural belief."

DB Interview with Caitlin Dover

"I began reading both religious tracts and Faulkner in preparation for this book. (Well, I was reading Faulkner anyway) Many of the tracts which used to be passed out on the street are now on websites. Their language is snakelike, convoluted, beautiful. These were my models."

Shame On You

Unclassifiable Book

"So a book titled The New Sins is bound to be provocative, and this one, printed by an Icelandic maker of Bibles, comes clad in the foil-blocked, mock leather trappings of an authentic religious tract."

Byrne Confronts “New Sins”

"Because, if you don’t see it coming, the little leather-bound book looks every inch like the life’s work of a well-meaning but offbeat religious cult that wants to change the world, one passer-by at a time. It includes footnotes, key words in red text, and even a complete Spanish language translation."

Original Thoughts on Sin

Pop's arty David Byrne slips slyly into the role of moral philosopher.