Encountering an artist’s book is rather like encountering a painting. You can walk past hundreds upon hundreds of paintings before coming across one that speaks to you, makes you pause and affects you differently from all those you hurried past. The same can happen with an artist’s book. You notice it, and it often touches you the moment you pick it up. You have not even started reading, and it already has your attention. Then it draws you in whenever you return to it. Again

The new book from ArtBook Garden, “Unfinished Tales 1”, published exactly forty years after Matej’s first surviving drawing of a child’s currency, is a fascinating exploration of his imagination. It opens up old diaries and sketches for us, which, after decades, are brought to life in today’s professional printed form.