STUFF : A New York Life of Cultural Chaos by Kim Hastreiter (Hardcover) | Arts Book

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.

• Author: Kim Hastreiter
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9788862088312
• Language: English

Keywords: arts, biography, culture, photography, fashion, design

Book details

• Author: Kim Hastreiter, Foreword by Jeffrey Deitch, Foreword by Whitney Mallett, Foreword by Carlo McCormick, Photographs
• Publisher: DAMIANI
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 448
• Publication date: 4/1/2025
• ISBN: 9788862088312

Synopsis

STUFF: A New York Life of Cultural Chaos by Kim Hastreiter (Hardcover) | Arts Book by Kim Hastreiter, Foreword by Jeffrey Deitch, Foreword by Whitney Mallett, Foreword by Carlo McCormick, Photographs is a hardcover book from DAMIANI. Kim Hastreiter is a downtown New York cultural icon. Her email signature says it all: Cultural Troublemaker/Original Gangster/People Collector/Idea Machine/Enthusiast/Cofounder of PAPER. New Jersey-born, New York City-based, her circle of friends has included everyone from comedian Phyllis Diller to filmmaker Pedro Almodovar; shoe designer Manolo Blahnik to AIDS activist and playwright Larry Kramer. This memoir by an NYC legend is told in the stories of her stuff-from Stephen Sprouse dresses to flea market ceramics; Basquiat drawings to her 1989 Macintosh Apple computer. Featuring over 1,400 color images, four ribbon markers and a cover drawn by the street artist Jim Joe, this book is jam-packed with the history of downtown NYC art, fashion and design over five decades. Kim Hastreiter has already started previewing the