Photo by Michele Bressan
We came across Tom Wilson via our friend Gabi from the New York office. Tom and his co-author, Milos Jovanovic, have just released 100 To Watch, a sort of directory of the new wave of Romanian art. They made 1,000 limited-edition copies, and an accompanying website. Chances are that even if you fancy yourself to be pretty ‘up’ on art and all that, then you could still do with learning a bit more about art in Romania. Tom sent us 20 copies of the book, BUT WE’VE NOW GIVEN THEM ALL AWAY TO YOU GUYS, SO DON’T EMAIL US. Read this chat we had with Tom about art, Romania, himself and our ignorance instead. Read more »
Posted on October 27th, 2009 | 38 Comments
Tagged: 100 to watch, art, book, Milos Jovanovic, romania, tom wilson
This book was purchased a long time ago at the recommendation of John Waters, who liked it so much he bought a palette of copies to use as Christmas presents the year it came out. It’s billed as the secret diary of the kid Michael Jackson got sued for molesting, as painstakingly transcribed by a Mexican tabloid journalist and supplemented with testimonials from the members of the Neverland housekeeping staff, but once you get a couple pages in certain elements start to tax your credulity. Like how all the interview subjects’ names contain subtle misspellings, or how despite being written in English the book has never been published anywhere outside of Mexico, or how all the “diary” passages are in the third person and read like Mexican tabloid journalism. Read more »
Posted on July 1st, 2009 | No Comments
Tagged: book, michael jackson, Neverland, peado
