For the second part of this kind of conversation about his publication Art Handling in Oblivion, which was recently presented at the Rosa Brux gallery, Rob van Leijsen has devised a specific system of replies. To each of the visual questions borrowed from a remake of The Black Island drawn by Xavier Bouyssou, Rob decided to let some of the several characters present in his book give their own answers. The latest have been carefully compiled and typographically laid out by the author and are supported by a suite of youtube links, yet another way of expanding the frame of our curious Q&A.

Xavier Bouyssou, d’après George Rémi, L’Île Noire (1937)

Rob van Leijsen, Art Handling in Oblivion, 2012

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) — Returning the Painting

Xavier Bouyssou, d’après George Rémi, L’Île Noire (1937)

Rob van Leijsen, Art Handling in Oblivion, 2012

Napoleon Hill “Think and Grow Rich” #2 The Master Mind Principle

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Xavier Bouyssou, d’après George Rémi, L’Île Noire (1937)

Rob van Leijsen, Art Handling in Oblivion, 2012

The Odd Couple of Art Theft

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Xavier Bouyssou, d’après George Rémi, L’Île Noire (1937)

Rob van Leijsen, Art Handling in Oblivion, 2012

Raiders of the Lost Ark — Iraq

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Xavier Bouyssou, d’après George Rémi, L’Île Noire (1937)

Rob van Leijsen, Art Handling in Oblivion, 2012

Hidden Treasures Revealed in Afghanistan; Crossroads of the Ancient World at the British Museum

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Xavier Bouyssou, d’après George Rémi, L’Île Noire (1937)

Rob van Leijsen, Art Handling in Oblivion, 2012

The Train (1964) — Opening

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Xavier Bouyssou, d’après George Rémi, L’Île Noire (1937)

Rob van Leijsen, Art Handling in Oblivion, 2012

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1979) — part V