{"id":2034,"date":"2026-01-12T19:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T00:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/?page_id=2034"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T01:07:35","slug":"press-kit-skin-and-grace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/ja\/press-kit-skin-and-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Kit &#8211; Skin and Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2034\" class=\"elementor elementor-2034\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c2a94a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c2a94a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0a15ac\" data-id=\"e0a15ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ddcf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92ddcf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Press &amp; Media<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebb3c35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebb3c35\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab6d3a7\" data-id=\"ab6d3a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc3f036 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc3f036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Press Kit<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1813ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1813ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27790e5\" data-id=\"27790e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6cd51f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6cd51f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em data-start=\"12\" data-end=\"28\">Skin and Grace<\/em><br data-start=\"28\" data-end=\"31\" \/>Book &amp; Documentary \u2013 Fall 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47985d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47985d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2060aee\" data-id=\"2060aee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ddd63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78ddd63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"302\"><strong data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"300\">Artfineline Announces <em data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"298\">SKIN and Grace<\/em><\/strong><\/h3><p data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"339\"><em data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"339\">A photographic book by Igor Mattio<\/em><\/p><p data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"754\"><strong data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"359\">New York, NY \u2014<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"103\">PROJECT OVERVIEW<\/p><p data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"453\"><em data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"121\">Skin and Grace<\/em> is a long-term photographic and documentary project developed in Cuba, centered on young professional ballet dancers navigating a society shaped by deeply rooted codes of masculinity. Through still images and film, the project explores grace not as performance, but as a state of being: fragile, instinctive, and quietly resistant.<\/p><p data-start=\"455\" data-end=\"702\">Rather than focusing on discipline or virtuosity, <em data-start=\"505\" data-end=\"521\">Skin and Grace<\/em> observes moments where the body softens, hesitates, opens, and becomes human beyond choreography. It is a work about vulnerability inside strength, and beauty inside contradiction.<\/p><p data-start=\"704\" data-end=\"809\">The project unfolds as both a photobook and a 60-minute documentary film, released together in Fall 2026.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e68312f\" data-id=\"e68312f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e9ba2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e9ba2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"991\"><strong>ARTIST STATEMENT<\/strong><br \/>I am not interested in photographing dancers as symbols of perfection. I am interested in the moment when perfection dissolves and something honest appears.<\/p><p data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1271\">In Cuba, ballet exists inside a cultural structure where masculinity is often rigid, guarded, and codified. Within that framework, these young men carry grace in their bodies almost involuntarily. It is something that escapes control. Something that cannot be fully disciplined.<\/p><p data-start=\"1273\" data-end=\"1432\"><em data-start=\"1273\" data-end=\"1289\">Skin and Grace<\/em> is about that tension: between what is expected and what emerges naturally.<br data-start=\"1365\" data-end=\"1368\" \/>Between strength and softness.<br data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1401\" \/>Between form and vulnerability.<\/p><p data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1514\">The camera is not there to observe excellence. It is there to witness presence.<\/p><p data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1514\">\u2014 Igor Mattio<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00c81f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00c81f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-526d54b\" data-id=\"526d54b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf2b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ebf2b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3119eb0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-401b3a8\" data-id=\"401b3a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d200a75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d200a75\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21a2632\" data-id=\"21a2632\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd2564 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cd2564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1552\"><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong><\/h4><p data-start=\"1554\" data-end=\"1742\">Title: <em data-start=\"1561\" data-end=\"1577\">Skin and Grace<\/em><br data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1580\" \/>Format: Hardcover photobook<br data-start=\"1607\" data-end=\"1610\" \/>Release: Fall 2026<br data-start=\"1628\" data-end=\"1631\" \/>Content: Black &amp; white and color photographs<br data-start=\"1675\" data-end=\"1678\" \/>Focus: Portraiture, body, intimacy, environment, quiet gesture<\/p><p data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"2039\">The book unfolds as a visual narrative rather than a documentary report. It follows the dancers across different spaces: schools, abandoned architectures, domestic interiors, and natural landscapes. The sequencing favors silence over explanation, allowing the body and gaze to construct meaning.<\/p><p data-start=\"2041\" data-end=\"2095\">The images resist spectacle. They insist on proximity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4600eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4600eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/1-8303-Johnatan-DSCF8303-2000-rhkm0r1ykwu5mbnwsxxsgo2ijehqx5p0ib6eq9fhc8.jpg\" title=\"Johnatan\" alt=\"Johnatan\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b271161\" data-id=\"b271161\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-977d20f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"977d20f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 data-start=\"2100\" data-end=\"2116\">ABOUT THE FILM<\/h4><p data-start=\"18\" data-end=\"75\">Format: 60-minute documentary film<br data-start=\"52\" data-end=\"55\" \/>Release: Fall 2026<\/p><p data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"329\">The film extends <em data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"110\">Skin and Grace<\/em> into sound, voice, and dialogue. It is structured around four intimate interviews with the dancers and a final shared conversation between the dancers and the photographer, where the project itself becomes the subject.<\/p><p data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"345\">It combines:<\/p><ul data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"499\"><li data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"371\"><p data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"371\">Observational footage<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"409\"><p data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"409\">Four in-depth personal interviews<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"441\"><p data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"441\">A final collective dialogue<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"469\"><p data-start=\"444\" data-end=\"469\">Staged visual sequences<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"499\"><p data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"499\">Behind-the-scenes moments<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"893\">Rather than explaining, the film listens. The interviews are not confessional in a traditional sense, but quiet, reflective spaces where the dancers speak about their bodies, discipline, desire, fear, masculinity, and grace. The final dialogue opens the process, allowing the relationship between artist and subjects to surface, exposing how trust, tension, and collaboration shaped the work.<\/p><p data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"1164\">The documentary moves between presence and reflection. It does not construct a narrative of achievement, but one of becoming. It shows how these young men inhabit their contradictions, how grace exists alongside rigidity, and how vulnerability emerges inside structure.<\/p><p data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1251\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The film is not about ballet.<br data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1198\" \/>It is about what remains when performance falls away.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3480e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3480e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76de640\" data-id=\"76de640\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae4f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96ae4f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 data-start=\"2760\" data-end=\"2778\">ABOUT THE ARTIST<\/h5><p data-start=\"2780\" data-end=\"2996\">Igor Mattio is an Italian-born, New York\u2013based visual artist working between photography, film, and publishing. His practice centers on the human body as a space of emotional truth, contradiction, and transformation.<\/p><p data-start=\"2998\" data-end=\"3171\">He is the founder of Artfineline, a publishing and production platform dedicated to artist-driven projects that exist between photography, documentary, and visual narrative.<\/p><p data-start=\"3173\" data-end=\"3342\">Mattio\u2019s work is characterized by an intimate, restrained approach that rejects spectacle and sexualization in favor of presence, vulnerability, and psychological depth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6d7cdc\" data-id=\"d6d7cdc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4911ee8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4911ee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 data-start=\"2547\" data-end=\"2559\">KEY THEMES<\/h5><ul data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"2755\"><li data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"2587\"><p data-start=\"2563\" data-end=\"2587\">Grace as vulnerability<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2588\" data-end=\"2622\"><p data-start=\"2590\" data-end=\"2622\">Masculinity beyond performance<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2623\" data-end=\"2657\"><p data-start=\"2625\" data-end=\"2657\">The body as emotional language<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2658\" data-end=\"2684\"><p data-start=\"2660\" data-end=\"2684\">Intimacy and restraint<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2685\" data-end=\"2724\"><p data-start=\"2687\" data-end=\"2724\">Youth, identity, and transformation<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2725\" data-end=\"2755\"><p data-start=\"2727\" data-end=\"2755\">Beauty as quiet resistance<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efa53f5\" data-id=\"efa53f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5feec3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5feec3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 data-start=\"3347\" data-end=\"3359\">PRODUCTION<\/h5><p data-start=\"3361\" data-end=\"3479\">Developed over multiple journeys in Cuba<br data-start=\"3401\" data-end=\"3404\" \/>Created in close collaboration with the dancers<br data-start=\"3451\" data-end=\"3454\" \/>Produced by Artfineline<\/p><p data-start=\"3481\" data-end=\"3534\">Release:<br data-start=\"3489\" data-end=\"3492\" \/>Photobook + Documentary Film<br data-start=\"3520\" data-end=\"3523\" \/>Fall 2026<\/p><p data-start=\"3481\" data-end=\"3534\">\u00a0<\/p><h3 data-start=\"2488\" data-end=\"2511\"><strong data-start=\"2492\" data-end=\"2509\">Press contact<\/strong><\/h3><p data-start=\"2512\" data-end=\"2555\"><a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" href=\"mailto:press@artfineline.com\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2512\" data-end=\"2533\">press@artfineline.com<\/a><br data-start=\"2533\" data-end=\"2536\" \/><a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/ja\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2536\" data-end=\"2555\">www.artfineline.com<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press &amp; Media Press Kit Skin and GraceBook &amp; Documentary \u2013 Fall 2026 Artfineline Announces SKIN and Grace A photographic book by Igor Mattio New York, NY \u2014 PROJECT OVERVIEW Skin and Grace is a long-term photographic and documentary project developed in Cuba, centered on young professional ballet dancers navigating a society shaped by deeply rooted codes of masculinity. Through still images and film, the project explores grace not as performance, but as a state of being: fragile, instinctive, and quietly resistant. Rather than focusing on discipline or virtuosity, Skin and Grace observes moments where the body softens, hesitates, opens, and becomes human beyond choreography. 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