Welcome to the low-brow, high-art world of Tony de Lautour. Writer and curator Peter Vangioni provides an entertaining introduction to the work of one of Aotearoa New Zealand's leading artists.

Described as "a body of work like nothing else this country has seen", de Lautour's paintings and sculptures over the past thirty years are brought together in this exceptionally presented new book taking the reader on a journey from the chaos of his early paintings inspired by seedy underground street culture to the careful geometric abstracts of his later major canvases.

Features insightful, readable texts by Peter Vangioni, Zara Stanhope, Lara Strongman and Alice Tappenden, and an interview between de Lautour and fellow artist Peter Robinson.

Published with the assistance of Creative New Zealand.