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Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
Pretty Much Everything (Vol. 1)
Pretty Much Everything is Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin’s first anthology of their 20-year collaboration.
Their selection of over 600 of their photographs will be published in two volumes. The first volume is launched in the fall
of 2006, followed by volume II in spring 2007, and together they present the duo’s creative review of their art, fashion
and portrait imagery.
Freed from the context of magazine editorial, advertising or gallery installation, van Lamsweerde and Matadin connect
and sequence the breadth of their innovative photography to offer a new understanding of their vision. “It is a reflection
of how all our photographs have been living together in our heads for the past twenty years.”
The first volume includes a special collaboration with van Lamsweerde and Matadin’s long-standing creative partners,
graphic design duo Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag of M/M Paris. M/M Paris’ exceptional design for the two
volumes includes a section that translates the artists’ most recent exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery in New York City,
entitled The Now People Part 2: Life on Earth into a book experience.
The introduction to Pretty Much Everything is a short story by acclaimed sci-fi writer Bruce Sterling inspired by van
Lamsweerde and Matadin’s photographs.
“Our dear Marcel – what can I say of this brilliantly gifted being? Marcel printed our newsletter, made of flammable ink
on explosive flashpaper. Marcel printed only the hottest source-material: spycam stills. Tapped phone calls. Insider
trading tips. All the stolen specs for next season’s couture. Marcel’s publications literally burnt the skin off the fingers of
his readers. Forced to print in bulk to meet ever-growing prurient demands, Marcel had accidentally blown both his
hands off. Thanks to Sighmaster, Marcel now wore his late mother’s hands.”
Exhibitions: Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair, June 2006.
Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin
Pretty Much Everything (Vol. 1)
Book design by M/M Paris
320 pages with 300 color plates
11.75 x 11.75 in. / 29.7 x 29.7 cm
Hardcover
US $ 80.00 / £ 45.00 / R 65.00
ISBN 3-86521-305-7
ISBN-13 978-3-86521-305-1
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