Byrne, known as the lead singer of the Talking Heads, and later as a solo artist, author, photographer, and film director, has written a book that updates and alters the Bible's cardinal sins for a more contemporary audience. His book began as a project undertaken for the Valencia Spain Bienal, which asked artists to address the idea of sin.
Byrne wanted the book to be about the size and shape of a portable Bible, and thus The New Sins resembles the sort of book a strange person in a robe would try to give you in an airport. The New Sins is bizarre and profound, and includes eighty color photographs taken by the author.
"It's a pocket marvel, a book that pokes sly fun at such dogmatic tracts while making some fairly sharp and salient points about the world we live in."
--The Capital Times
"The most appealing thing about The New Sins is the way that it resists definition. Coming from pop music, Byrne has a light touch and few have proved smarter, over the years, in using the medium as a vehicle for diverse artistic ends."
-- Eye Magazine
