Closing Reception and Signing
MATTE Editions HQ
1899 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233
6 - 8 pm, Thursday July 8th 2021

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A closing reception and book signing for Fever will be held at MATTE Editions’ new Brooklyn headquarters at 1899 Fulton Street, on Thursday, July 8th, 6-8pm. Fever is a book of 50 color photographs by Allen Frame, made in 1981 in New York City. Photographs from the book are accompanied by an exhibition curated by Frame, that includes work by artists depicted in his book, including Charles Boone, Darrel Ellis, Frank Franca, Nan Goldin, Jody Guralnick, Dan Mahoney, Kevin Teare, Ken Tisa, Coco Ugaz, Jane Warrick, David Wilson and Zamba and other works from Frame's collection by Sheyla Baykal, Frank Franca, Robert Penner, and Laurie Sagalyn, The exhibition is produced in collaboration with Gitterman Gallery which has a concurrent online exhibition of work from Fever.

The introduction to Fever is by Drew Sawyer, Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Curator at the Brooklyn Museum. The book is published in an edition of 600 copies, 152 pages, 50 color photographs and ephemera. A deluxe edition of 25 copies priced at $200 each includes a 4x6 digital chromogenic print of the photograph Bob, George, Bill, Charlie, and Zamba at Jones Beach signed and hand numbered by the artist.

Fever is the 6th book published by Matte Editions, the Brooklyn-based publishing imprint of Matthew Leifheit. MATTE Magazine, founded in 2010 as a platform for new ideas in photography, has recently published work by emerging artists including Chanell Stone, Leor Miller, Olivia Reavey, and Hak Dixon. An upcoming issue of Matte featuring Shohei Miyachi will be launched with an exhibition of the artist's work, curated by Allen Frame, opening Thursday July 22.