By Kim Hastreiter. Foreword by Whitney Mallett, Jeffrey Deitch, Carlo McCormick. Photographs by Jeremy Liebman. Cover art by Jim Joe.
A joyful romp through the singular and eclectic material world of a true New York character
Kim Hastreiter, co-founder of the beloved Paper magazine, has spent the last 50 years amassing a vast and iconoclastic collection of stuff. This volume, aptly titled STUFF, chronicles an extraordinary slice of history and the people who defined it, using Hastreiter’s singular edit of art, fashion, design, photography, books and ephemera as a lens. In these pages you’ll meet Hastreiter’s amazing friends: at an all night party in the basement of an East Village church with Keith Haring; a private art sale with Jeffrey Deitch in Phyllis Diller's kitchen; or impromptu cocktail at Trader Vic’s with Salvador Dali and Joey Arias. STUFF is more than a memoir; it’s a loopy, joyous, chaotic ride through the last half century of cultural chaos in the greatest city on earth. Whether you are an OG or a kid, a culture vulture, artist, design buff, fashion nerd, skater, collector, chef, cinephile, New Yorker, uptowner, downtowner, out of towner or something else entirely, STUFF will make you feel like you’re sitting with Kim in her garden high above Washington Square Park, her booming voice imploring you to pursue your life with compulsive enthusiasm. The book features an exclusive cover design by the elusive, yet legendary artist Jim Joe, best known for designing the iconic album cover for Drake’s If You're Reading This It's Too Late. Kim Hastreiter (born 1951) was born in West Orange, New Jersey. She attended the California Institute of the Arts before moving to New York to be an artist, where she has spent most of her adulthood. In 1984, she launched the legendary Paper magazine together with David Hershkovits, which the they sold in 2017.
This book was published in conjunction with Amazing Unlimited.
ABOVE: Maira Kalman's portrait of Kim Hastreiter for 'The New Yorker.'
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
Michael Stipe
STUFF is a meteoric rush of wonder, sass, and cool—told in a torrent of sonic booms. I couldn’t put it down.
David Byrne
Kim is a one person social media. She will say “YOU have to meet THIS person!” and is almost always right. It’s a public service, no charge. Her stuff is remnants of a life well lived, but these wacky and wonderful things are also convenient conversation starters, even for someone like me who had been somewhat challenged in that area. All of them have stories. Art without pretense, but with lots of surprises. Like Kim, they’re connectors.
Whitney Mallet
STUFF is a totally new genre of book, carving out a radically new mode of storytelling. The 448 page tome serves as both testament and beacon, a record of collaboratively-engineered creative intelligence that can guide whoever is looking to continue in its lineage.
Maira Kalman
The most incredible combination of boundless energy, love and taste. If you need a reason to go on, stay close to Kim. She is a life force of the highest order.
Pedro Almodovar
Kim has a great eye for new talent and treats them from the get-go as the stars they will eventually turn into. On top of that, she’s the best hostess in the world and is the only person who can introduce you to David Byrne, Joey Arias, Michael Stipe, Alba Clemente, Todd Solondz, Debi Mazar, John Waters, Rubén Toledo or the exquisite Isabel Toledo in her kitchen. Her enthusiasm makes us feel like better artists than we are.
Ed Templeton
This book is a tour de force in style and creativity! There will no doubt be a room in the NY Public Library dedicated to this uniquely New York City collection.
Lisa Yuskavage
This is a guide book to individuality and how to live a fun, joyous life. It should be used as an outline for a new way to live in awe for the next generation. Take nothing for granted and take ownership of your uniqueness. Love what you love passionately and share everything. That’s Kim in a nutshell.
Jeffrey Deitch
Kim is more of an artist than a collector. The remarkable contents of Kim’s Fifth Avenue home, which you’ll find in this book, should be enshrined in a museum of cultural history.
James Murphy
Something profound doesn’t need to be overly serious. Kim is one of the most open and playful people i’ve ever met. She’s also one of the most dedicated, generous, and industrious people i know. This book is like her... overwhelming in range and scope, while deeply human in scale. Detailed and joyous to such a degree that it’s unmooring.
Agnes Gund
Kim’s 'STUFF' is the most lively and engaging book I’ve ever read. There is no end to her creativity. WOW.
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Published by Damiani. By Kim Hastreiter. Foreword by Whitney Mallett, Jeffrey Deitch, Carlo McCormick. Photographs by Jeremy Liebman. Cover art by Jim Joe.
A joyful romp through the singular and eclectic material world of a true New York character
Kim Hastreiter, co-founder of the beloved Paper magazine, has spent the last 50 years amassing a vast and iconoclastic collection of stuff. This volume, aptly titled STUFF, chronicles an extraordinary slice of history and the people who defined it, using Hastreiter’s singular edit of art, fashion, design, photography, books and ephemera as a lens. In these pages you’ll meet Hastreiter’s amazing friends: at an all night party in the basement of an East Village church with Keith Haring; a private art sale with Jeffrey Deitch in Phyllis Diller's kitchen; or impromptu cocktail at Trader Vic’s with Salvador Dali and Joey Arias.
STUFF is more than a memoir; it’s a loopy, joyous, chaotic ride through the last half century of cultural chaos in the greatest city on earth. Whether you are an OG or a kid, a culture vulture, artist, design buff, fashion nerd, skater, collector, chef, cinephile, New Yorker, uptowner, downtowner, out of towner or something else entirely, STUFF will make you feel like you’re sitting with Kim in her garden high above Washington Square Park, her booming voice imploring you to pursue your life with compulsive enthusiasm. The book features an exclusive cover design by the elusive, yet legendary artist Jim Joe, best known for designing the iconic album cover for Drake’s If You're Reading This It's Too Late.
Kim Hastreiter (born 1951) was born in West Orange, New Jersey. She attended the California Institute of the Arts before moving to New York to be an artist, where she has spent most of her adulthood. In 1984, she launched the legendary Paper magazine together with David Hershkovits, which the they sold in 2017.
This book was published in conjunction with Amazing Unlimited.
