Seasonal Book Action

I have A LOT of books next to my bed thanks to Christmas, a new project in research and the obvious bibliophilia... Here's this month's top ten:

The Demon by Hubert Selby Jr

Going Public by Boris Groys

The Resistable Demise of Michael Jackson edited by Mark Fisher

BFI Film Classics: Don't Look Now

Extreme Metaphors: Interviews of JG Ballard 1967-2008 

1968 in America: Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture, and the Shaping of a Generation by Charles Kaiser

Colin de Land, American Fine Arts by Dennis Balk

Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant

and I'm dipping back in again to the overwhelmingly inspirational Atlas of Transformation

Michael Jackson and other stuff

Michael Jackson died last night. It seemed a fitting time to look at his relationship and inspiration with contemporary art. A still from Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely above.


from Slater Bradley's Doppleganger Triology


Jeff Koons' iconic ceramic

But really its impossible to beat the talent of Michael himself - before the chaos he once made music that made the world a happier place.


For me he's hypnotic.

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On a totally other note Dazed Digital did a lovely spread of photos from Creative Space by the oh so talented Andy Sewell