Purple Diary
[May 23 2023]
PURPLE 39 THE NY ISSUE: JAMIAN JULIANO VILLANI INTERVIEW
NEW JERSEY-BORN ARTIST, CURATOR, AND PROVOCATEUR JAMIAN JULIANO-VILLANI KEEPS THE ART UNDERGROUND ALIVE.
Portraits by Olivier Zahm
“That’s the whole thing. Everyone forgets that everything’s possible in New York. You can do whatever you want. Hello! That’s why I get so frustrated with people. It’s like, “You just make a fucking phone call sometimes and keep kissing ass, keep talking to the right people.” I’m a business person. It’s in my blood. And anyone could do it.”
