His brightly coloured painting - with its flat, razor - edged imagery, influenced by contemporary techniques of Post Painterly Abstraction and the decor of
pinball machines - typically uses single words, or commands, billboard -
style - to highlight different aspects of American culture, including the illusion and disillusion of love.
It will include a rooftop garden that morphs into an alfresco drive - in -
style movie theater every evening, plus a rec room - like ground floor filled with
pinball machines, ping - pong, and a communal work table adjoining its front desk, where the barista - trained check - in clerks will be ready to serve up fresh espresso any time of day or night.