Nieves Zines at Printed Matter
Opening today at Printed Matter, Nieves: An Exhibition. Nieves is an independent Swiss publishing endeavor that focuses on artist’s books and zines. The Printed Matter show includes the complete run of zines published by Nieves since 2004. From the press release:
Bookmark / Share / PrintNieves was founded in 2001 by Benjamin Sommerhalder, following the demise of his short-lived magazine Zoo. From the start, Nieves has published critically acclaimed, yet diverse, publications from a who’s who of visual delinquents: Rita Ackermann, Linus Bill, Robin Cameron, Larry Clark, Marcel Dzama, Chris Johanson, Kim Gordon, Spike Jonze, Harmony Korine, Ari Marcopoulos, Mike Mills, Rick Myers, Aaron Rose, Ed Templeton, and Andrew Jeffrey Wright to name but a few. The publications have taken on a variety of forms, from limited edition, photocopied zines, to more-formally recognized hardcover, perfect-bound and offset books.