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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF GALE (MAX, COVER); ERIC RYAN ANDERSON (BRUSH) O ne of the most prolific artists working today, Peter Max is widely known for his "cosmic style," with creations that have been seen all over the world, from the hull of Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Breakaway to a Continental Airlines Boeing 777 fuselage to the massive stages of the 1999 Woodstock music festival. His mixed-media works can be found in the collections of six past US presi- dents, while his art—recognizable for its energetic brushstrokes of primary colors and its psychedelic panoramas of stars, planets, profiles, and icons from Lady Liberty to Marilyn Monroe—has been used to represent five Super Bowls, the World Cup, the World Series, the US Open, the Grammys, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "I'm just very happy to be in the middle of all this," says Max of his many noteworthy accomplishments. Born in Berlin and raised in Shanghai, Max moved around the globe with his family, from Tibet to Israel to Paris—each destination inf luencing his art. Eventually he settled in New York, where, at age 76, he continues to produce a dizzying array of works, such as the cover of this issue of Vegas, one of a collection of 10 covers created exclusively for Niche Media ARTIST PETER MAX HAS CAPTURED EVERYONE FROM THE DALAI LAMA TO THE BEATLES IN HIS PSYCHEDELIC COSMIC STYLE. NOW, EXCLUSIVELY FOR VEGAS, HE INTERPRETS THE STRIP AND BEYOND, WHILE THE HOSTS OF MSNBC'S MORNING JOE, JOE SCARBOROUGH AND MIKA BRZEZINSKI, DISCOVER THE COLORFUL STORIES—AND THE MAN—BEHIND THE MASTERPIECES. to the L fe MAX 82 VEGASMAGAZINE.COM