{"id":817,"date":"2024-06-07T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T04:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/?page_id=817"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:26:04","slug":"skin-and-under-the-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artfineline.com\/ja\/skin-and-under-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"SKIN, and Under\u300f\uff08\u66f8\u7c4d\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Work<\/strong><\/h3>

SKIN, and Under. Evolving Young Machos, or Not.<\/strong>
Published by Artfineline, 2025<\/em><\/p>

SKIN, and Under<\/em> moves through territories \u2014 geographic, cultural, bodily \u2014 in search of masculinity as it actually lives: unperformed, unannounced, rooted in specific soil and light and habit.<\/p>

The project photographs men in the places that shaped them. Not against backdrops, not extracted from context, but inside it \u2014 in the landscape, the architecture, the climate of their own belonging. The sessions are staged, but what is sought is natural: the posture a man carries without thinking, the ease or tension in his skin, the way he holds space when no performance is required. Mattio creates the conditions; the men bring themselves.<\/p>

Now released as a 252-page monograph presenting over 191 photographs, the book moves between image and fiction. Five writers were each invited to choose a photograph and write their own story from it \u2014 not to illustrate Mattio’s intent, but to generate something independent. The image as prompt, not document.<\/p>

Nudity here is neither performative nor provocative, but instinctive \u2014 a quiet fact of skin. Silver gelatin prints \u2014 made by hand in the darkroom \u2014 slow the image down, insisting on materiality: the body is not a concept but a physical fact.<\/p>

What emerges is not a single image of the male body but a map of how men inhabit themselves differently depending on where and how they grew up \u2014 and what remains when the inherited codes fall away.<\/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

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Title: SKIN, And Under. Evolving Young Machos, or Not.
ISBN<\/strong>:\u00a09798218666606<\/strong><\/p>

Author: Igor Mattio
Edited by: Artineline
Publication Year: 2025<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Edition<\/strong><\/h3>

Crafted with precision<\/strong>
\u2022 252 pages of arresting imagery in a hardcover with PVC jacket
\u2022 190+ photographs reproduced with a sophisticated H-UV 4\/4-tone process
\u2022 Printed on 150-gram matte paper for unparalleled tactile depth<\/p>

Two Editions<\/strong>
The regular edition<\/strong>, now available, embodies the essence of SKIN, and Under<\/em>\u2014a finely produced art volume designed for permanence and wide circulation.<\/p>

An upcoming Limited Edition of 100 signed and stamped copies<\/strong> will soon follow. Each will be presented in a fabric-covered rigid case<\/strong> and include a numbered silver-gelatin print<\/strong> signed by Igor Mattio. This collector\u2019s version elevates the book into an object of lasting cultural value, merging artisanal craftsmanship with intimate authorship.<\/p>

More than a book\u2014a dialogue with permanence<\/strong>
Between these covers, contemporary masculinity is both questioned and preserved. The standard edition captures the ephemeral truth of Mattio\u2019s vision, while the forthcoming limited edition encases it in silver, fabric, and time\u2014a tangible heritage of vulnerability made durable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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ORDER HERE The Work SKIN, and Under. Evolving Young Machos, or Not.Published by Artfineline, 2025 SKIN, and Under moves through territories \u2014 geographic, cultural, bodily \u2014 in search of masculinity as it actually lives: unperformed, unannounced, rooted in specific soil and light and habit. The project photographs men in the places that shaped them. Not against backdrops, not extracted from context, but inside it \u2014 in the landscape, the architecture, the climate of their own belonging. The sessions are staged, but what is sought is natural: the posture a man carries without thinking, the ease or tension in his skin, the way he holds space when no performance is required. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-817","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t