Devendra Banhart and Adam Tullie's creative impulses and sketches

If two heads are better than one, then surely the combination of three brilliant creatives is betterer. This new book designed by Adam Sajkowski is a perfect example, setting off some rather brilliant content in the shape of work by Adam Tullie and Devendra Banhart. The book, Unburdened by Meaning, documents work created by the pair over the space of one week at Devendra’s drawing studio in New York (see his bloody gorgeous studio here). The book features texts by Ross Simonini and Chris Fallon.

According to the book’s publisher Anteism, Devendra and Adam (Tullie) initially saw the tome’s creation as a conceptual art project exploring the idea of the creative impulse and “making sense of senselessness.” In this way, the images from two different people working on two different things somehow form a cohesive narrative from disjointed mark-making. It looks lovely, with the designer’s hands-off approach creating the perfect canvas for the messy, spontaneous work held within.

Chris says: "In this book we see two sympathetic artists inching away from their usual representational modes, yet involuntarily gravitating towards a common centre. Deliberate, minimal lines become thicker and freer. Figures are abstracted. The heft of any cultural or art historical knowledge is supplanted by broad, impulsive gestures. The quiet modesty that has blanketed both artists’ work is lifted, uncovering the liveliness beneath.”