jdc Fine Art announce the release of the limited-run monograph We, the Free by represented artist Matt Eich.
We, the Free is the final volume in represented artist Matt Eich’s four-part series of monographs published with Sturm & Drang. The work was made over the course of 15 years, as the artist came of age, while the American superpower began a precipitous decline, and national tensions grew. This important work is Eich’s personal and observant visual chronicle of contemporary American society at a turning point in history. The earliest works in The Invisible Yoke oeuvre began while Eich was yet perusing his bachelors. Foresight, vision, and determination has come to completion with the fourth volume of work. Critically acclaimed Carry Me Ohio, released in 2016, which chronicles small towns across southeast Ohio. Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town (2018) is an extended study of a formerly segregated community in Greenwood, MS. The Seven Cities (2020) surveys the economically diverse region of Virginia coastline, the artist’s own growing family, and a rising tide that threatens all. We, the Free (2024) opens up geographically, drawing from work made across the United States at this pivotal moment. The Invisible Yoke questions the role of collective memory in shaping contemporary American identity.
Matt Eich – We, the Free (The invisible Yoke vol. IV)
Sturm & Drang publishers 2024
first edition of 1000 books
168 pages
24.5 cm x 25 cm
hardcover, linen printed cover.
ISBN 978-3-906822-55-6
https://sturmanddrang.net/products/matt-eich-we-the-free
