Afterall – Summer 2015, Issue 39 - Softcover

Cahill, Zachary; Gronlund, Melissa; Kreuger, Anders; Lafuente, Pablo; Vilalta, Helena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846381576 ISBN 13: 9781846381577

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2015

Synopsis

Afterall, a journal of contemporary art, provides a forum for analysis of art's context and seeks to inspire artists to see art as an agency for change. Each issue contains in-depth considerations of the work of contemporary artists, along with essays that discussing the work from various perspectives. The journal also features essays on art history and critical theory. Issue 39 explores ideas of political and cultural self-determination, particularly of indigenous and diasporic communities. Through the work of artists Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Jill Magid as well as the collective Postcommodity, we will ask how artistic practice can articulate spaces for political dissent. In accompanying essays, SAGBPo Paulo-based philosopher Peter Pal Pelbart ponders what resistance might consist of in these troubled times, while Christina Barton looks at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art's inaugural exhibition in 1992, which surveyed the art of New Zealand, asking what 1990s debates on the relationship between indigenous and colonial cultures might contribute to contemporary discussions.

About this title

About the Author:

Helena Vilalta works as a curator, critic and editor in London. Melissa Gronlund writes on contemporary art and film, and is an editor of Afterall. Pablo Lafuente is a writer, editor, and associate curator at the Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo. Anders Kreuger is Director of the Malmo Art Academy and Exhibition Curator at Lund Konsthall, Sweden. Zachary Cahill is an interdisciplinary artist whose art work and performances have been exhibited at the Center for Art and Media Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany (ZKM); Aarhus Kunstbygning in Aarhus, Denmark; TONYS, New York; MCA Chicago, the Smart Museum of Art, and threewalls, Chicago, amongst other.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1846381576
• ISBN 13: 9781846381577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144