Modern Matter #21A 2025 picture book it forces us to take

it forces us to take a step back and question the very existence of things

booklets dedicated to each piece

Taras ­- who makes a living driving kidney-stone patients over cobblestones in his ancient Opel Vectra – is courting Darka

A young forest is slowly spreading over the valley – Elzéard has continued his work

is the book in which Claudia Rankine first developed the ‘American Lyric’ form which makes her Forward Prize-winning collection Citizen so distinctive: an original combination of poetry

Modern Matter #21A 2025 picture book it forces us to takeThis edition unfolds across three registersSmall (170 100mm), Medium (200 270mm), and Large (305 540mm) where size is not merely a format but a framework. A works dimensions are inseparable from its impact: the compact draws us in, the measured offers legibility, the vast overpowers. As scale expands or contracts, so does our relationship to the object, the space, and the idea. Modern Matter is a biannual publication that records the ways in which new