Afterall

Afterall is a nonprofit contemporary art research and publishing organisation. It is based in London, at Central Saint Martins. It publishes the journal Afterall; the book series Readers,One Works and Exhibition Histories.

The journal Afterall was founded by curator Charles Esche and artist Mark Lewis in 1998 (issue 0 came out in 1999). Each issue focused on the work of four artists, presenting two in-depth essays for each artist. In 2006 Afterall incorporated AS (Andere Sinema), a journal previously published by MuHKA, the museum of contemporary art in Antwerp, which became a publishing partner. In 2009, the International University of Andalucia, Seville also became a publishing partner. The journal is published in partnership with M HKA, Antwerp; the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto; NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore; and in association with The University of Chicago Press. It was previously produced in association with California Institute of the Arts (2002–2009); Universidad Internacional de Andalucía arteypensamiento (2011–2014); the Smart Museum of Art and the Department of Visual Arts–Open Practice Committee, University of Chicago (2012–2015) and the Art Gallery of Ontario (2016–18).^[1]

In 2006, the journal widened its remit to include not only essays on artists themselves, but also contextual essays on the political, social, and economic issues that surround contemporary art, and retrospective looks at key artworks, events and exhibitions. Examples of these include an analysis of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen's Riddles of the Sphinx from 1977 ('What Does It Mean to Say Feminism Is Back? A Reaction to Riddles of the Sphinx, spring 2007) and Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti and Eyal Weizman's proposals for architecture in Palestine after Israeli decolonisation ('The Future Archaeology of Israel's Colonisation', spring 2009). The issues at this point (2007) went up from being published twice a year to the current rate of three times a year.

In 2006, Afterall instituted two series of books, the Readers and the One Works. The first Reader was on Eastern European art and was edited by the Slovenian art collective IRWIN; subsequent books have brought together essays on art and social change and art and the moving image. The One Works series looks at single works of contemporary art in an extended book-length analysis, and directs focus on the art object (or performance) itself.

In 2010, Afterall launched Exhibition Histories, a series of books focusing on key international exhibitions of contemporary art since 1955.

The journal Afterall is published two times a year and is distributed worldwide by the University of Chicago Press. Each issue focuses on the work of three to five selected contemporary artists, with two or more essays on each. It has featured artists such as Chantal Akerman, Paweł Althamer, Kai Althoff, Michael Asher, Michael Clark, Enrico David, Maria Eichhorn, Cerith Wyn Evans, Harun Farocki, Omer Fast, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Isa Genzken, Hilary Lloyd, Goshka Macuga, Nasreen Mohamedi, The Red Krayola, Hito Steyerl, Sturtevant, Christopher Williams and The Wooster Group.

Afterall's Critical Readers is a series of survey publications that aim to look at currently significant areas of modern and contemporary art practice through the commissioning and reprinting of key texts.

The Readers include:

• IRWIN , ed. (2006). Mapa de arte del este . Afterall y MIT Press .

• Esche, Charles; Bradley, Will, eds. (2007). Arte y cambio social . Afterall y Tate Publishing .

• Leighton, Tanya; Esche, Charles, eds. (2008). Arte y la imagen en movimiento: una lectura crítica . Afterall y Tate Publishing.

Lanzada en 2010, la serie de libros Exhibition Histories aborda lo que sucede cuando el arte se vuelve público. Las publicaciones hasta la fecha se han centrado en la experimentación curatorial; la actividad expositiva liderada por artistas; y las controvertidas articulaciones de lo «global» y lo «localizado». La serie se publica en colaboración con Asia Art Archive; el Centro de Estudios Curatoriales del Bard College; y la Facultad de Bellas Artes, Artes Aplicadas y Escénicas de la Universidad de Gotemburgo. ^{[ 2 ]}

Los títulos incluyen:

• Rattemeyer, Christian, ed. (2010). Exhibiendo el arte nuevo: 'Op Losse Schroeven' y 'Cuando las actitudes toman forma' 1969 .
• Butler, Cornelia , ed. (2012). Del conceptualismo al feminismo: los espectáculos numéricos de Lucy Lippard, 1969-74.
• Lagnado, Lisette, (2015). Antropofagia cultural: La 24ª Bienal de São Paulo 1998. Afterall y el Centro de Estudios Curatoriales, Bard College.
• Chimurenga , ed. (2019). FESTAC '77, el 2.º Festival Mundial de Artes y Cultura Negra y Africana . Afterall y Chimurenga. ^{[ 3 ]}

One Works es una serie de libros, cada uno de los cuales presenta una obra de arte analizada en detalle por un único autor. La serie se centra en el arte contemporáneo y su objetivo es provocar un debate sobre momentos significativos de su desarrollo reciente.

Una obra incluye:

• Adler, Dan (2009). Hanne Darboven: Historia cultural 1880–1983 .
• Harbord, Janet (2009). Chris Marker: La Jetée .
• Gidal, Peter (2008). Andy Warhol: Blow Job .
• Cerizza, Luca (2008). Alighiero y Boetti: Mappa .
• Wood, Catherine (2007). Yvonne Rainer: La mente es un músculo .
• Millar, Jeremy (2007). Fischli y Weiss: Así son las cosas .
• Holert, Tom (2007). Marc Camille Chaimowicz: ¿Celebración? Realidad .
• Myers, Terry R. (2007). Mary Heilmann: Guárdame el último baile .
• Morgan, Susan (2006). Joan Jonas: Quiero vivir en el campo (y otros romances) .
• Newman, Michael (2006). Richard Prince: Sin título (pareja) .
• Moore, Rachel (2006). Hollis Frampton: (nostalgia).
• Groys, Boris (2006). Ilya Kabakov: The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment.
• Verwoert, Jan (2006). Bas Jan Ader: In Search of the Miraculous.
• Legge, Elizabeth (2009). Michael Snow: Wavelength.
• Campany, David (2011). Jeff Wall: Picture for Women.
• Bordowitz, Gregg (2018). Glenn Ligon: Untitled (I Am a Man).^[4]
• Steck, Ed (2021). David Horvitz: Newly Found Bas Jan Ader Film. Afterall. ISBN 978-0578957937.
• Warner, Marina (2022). Helen Chadwick: The Oval Court.^[5]
• Lewis, Mark (2022). Pierre Huyghe: Human Mask.^[6]

The series is distributed by MIT Press.

The Two Works series engages with the visual artwork’s potential for productive encounter with text, putting a contemporary artist in dialogue with a critical text of historical significance.

Two Works include:

• Mulvey, Laura and Rose, Rachel (2016). Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.^[7]

• Du Bois, W. E. B. and Quarles, Christina (2021). Of Our Spiritual Strivings.^[8]

Afterall has participated in international exhibitions such as Documenta, and regularly organises conferences and symposia at venues including Tate Britain, the Showroom Gallery, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the British Film Institute in London; REDCAT in Los Angeles; The Kitchen and Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) in New York; and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

• Después de todo, el sitio web
• Sitio web del editor
• MuHKA archivado el 20 de julio de 2011 en Wayback Machine.
• Revista del New York Times, 1 de octubre de 2006. (Requiere registro gratuito).
• Artículo de la College Art Association: Conversación entre los editores de la revista Los Angeles Art Magazine.
• El blog de arte de The Guardian