Jeff Smudde with Immaterial Books

We love seeing what our midwest nice artists are up to! Congratulations to Jeff Smudde for publishing “You Don’t Need to Hurry Home” with Immaterial Books, which was featured in Printed Matters’ LA Art Book Fair 2025 ✨ Jeff juried our show the divine and was featured in the nice;01 exhibition.

Immaterial Books says:

“You Don’t Need to Hurry Home” borrows its title—and its mood—from a 1919 postcard mailed between two small Illinois towns. This century-old card shows a frost-lined road, crooked telegraph poles, and faint wheel ruts, all slightly askew. Jeff Smudde follows those tracks into the present, photographing the same kinds of rural backroads where wooden slats sag, signs carry bullet scars, and half-fallen fences still insist on marking boundaries. Every frame traps the scene in a quiet standoff between survival and collapse.

Hand-numbered, edition of 100. Order online or pick one up at the LA Art Book Fair next month before they disappear. @printedmatter_artbookfairs

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