This week I am very busy at Surtex so my good friend Matt Leines has graciously agreed to take time to tell us about some of his favorite books. Matt, by the way, is an incredible artist who I have written about a couple of times here and here. His work has been shown all around the world from Japan to Sweden. He has recently shown at Galleri Loyal and Roberts & Tilton. His work has been featured in all kinds of books and magazines including Live Through This, The Drama, Juxtapoz, and the current issue of Swindle. He has a show opening in London, Ontario on June 8th. And now for his favorite books-

I don’t think I could give a book any higher of a recommendation. This is a catalog from a show at The Drawing Center from 1996 and I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and tell myself to go see this show instead of whatever lame garbage I was doing back then. There’s a lot of people doing faux naive drawing now, but these beautiful hundred year old pencil and crayon drawings are impossible to top. There’s over 150 plates, most in full color, and you really shouldn’t even be reading the rest of this. Find this book and buy it.

© Julia Rothman 2007