Otto Piene: Paths to Paradise accompanies an extensive museum exhibition that features the visionary, intermedial works of Otto Piene (1928-2014). This catalogue presents new scholarship on the development of his imaginative approaches to interlace art, science, and nature and uncover strategies of coping in an increasingly uncertain world. In the spirit of Piene’s transatlantic career, this richly illustrated catalogue features essays by emerging and established art historians and curators from the U.S. and Europe. Shedding light on the life-affirming vision Piene developed in the wake of World War II, these texts consider the ambition of his work in a range of media and contexts—television, kinetic sculpture, drawing, painting, performance—that incorporates the ephemeral through its atmospheric effects and shared social experiences.

Trilogy needs to be read in book order: FBI Agents Roger Dance and Paul Casey race against time to trap ruthless opponents committed to destroying anyone who gets in their way. The FBI team and the angels are pushed to their limits as they realize powerful forces have weaved a diabolical plan using New Orleans as a test city. Roger tugs at every loose thread of the design's plan, exposing unthinkable plots from deadly enemies. The raspy, haunting words of an old, blind man prove true. "Big cities be brutal. Take unsuspectin' souls and eat 'em alive. Nawlens, don't even chew." Book One: Alcohol Was Not Involved Book Two: Extreme Heat Warning Book Three: Silent Crickets

Trilogy needs to be read in book order: FBI Special Agents Roger Dance and Paul Casey are forced to reopen the worst case of their careers. The Angels return to help, as the muderous trail leads Roger's team to New Orleans and deep into the hot, sticky swamps of Louisiana, and Mambo's hut on Honey Island. Roger and Paul unearth danger and deception in the seedy shipyards of the port, the underbelly of the city, and the heart of the French Quarter. As forces align against them, Roger crafts an extraordinary trap that reveals extreme threats and will require extreme force. Book One: Alcohol Was Not Involved Book Two: Extreme Heat Warning Book Three: Silent Crickets

"Alcohol Was Not Involved" FBI Special Agents Roger Dance and Paul Casey are faced with the worst case of their careers. Beautiful women are missing. Some are showing up weeks later next to busy highways in broad daylight. Dead, strangled, and dumped, like trash. Some are being held captive, prisoners, and starved to death. None of the traditional rules of profiling seem to apply, and the body count keeps growing. * Four friends die in an auto accident only to discover that Heaven has decided to make them 'special' Angels, whose purpose is to help mortals do good. Faced with learning their new Angel skills at the same time they accept their first assignment, to help Roger and Paul catch the murderer, the Angels find themselves somewhat torn between their mortal attributes and Angel rules. For Roger and Paul (and the FBI) law enforcement will never be the same. Book tags: New mystery, suspense, thriller, crimes, police, New Orleans Book One: Alcohol Was Not Involved Book Two: Extreme Heat Warning Book Three: Silent Crickets