Veronica Neacsu’s debut book »Love Iubire« is now here. It is actually spread all over the world with a limited edition of 25 artist’s books and an unlimited edition as print on demand, available through Sweden's largest internet bookshops such as Adlibris and Bokus – and, of course, pionier press' website.
In the spring of 2012, I visited Stela Lie, a well-known Romanian illustrator, teacher at the Bucharest’s National Art Academy and the founder of Illustrators’ Club in Romania. There, I was introduced to Veronica Neacsu’s fascinating world of hairy, sensible figures that populate her artist's book. I wanted to meet her as soon as possible during my stay in Bucharest and so we did, at the favorite spot for book shoppers, Cărtureşti, located in the heart of Bucharest. We planned her debut book and here it is, one year later!
Veronica Neacsu worked with text and pictures on a common theme, “love,” but with a very special mix of comedy, tragedy and surrealism. The evocative illustrations are accompanied by curiously insightful captions carefully translated both ways (English-Romanian and Romanian-English) by Allen Poole, Brita Johnson and Adrian Solomon. If you are going to visit Bookfest 2012 in Bucharest (May 30 – June 3) you are going to meet not only the book and the author but also some of the characters populating Veronica Neacsu’s magical world of Love. Be there!