Chris Marker s legendary cin roman film novel La Jete is considered one of the greatest and most influential experimental films of all time. This short film--a postapocalyptic story composed almost entirely of black-and-white still photographs--has been praised by c... Lees meer.

The first sustained critical examination of a work by Martha Rosler that bridged the concerns of conceptual art with those of political documentary. In The Bowery in two inadequate descriptive systems 1974 1975 Martha Rosler bridged the concerns of conceptual art w... Lees meer.

An examination of the complex and subtle world on display in Rodney Graham s film of an LSD-inflected bicycle ride. Rodney Graham s Phonokinetoscope 2001 is a five-minute 16mm film loop in which the artist is seen riding his Fischer Original bicycle through Berlin... Lees meer.

An illustrated study that casts a new light on Oiticica s most important work of quasi-cinema on its fortieth anniversary. H lio Oiticica 1937 1980 occupies a central position in the Latin American avant-garde of the postwar era. Associated with the Rio de Janeiro-b... Lees meer.

An illustrated exploration of Helen Chadwick s erotic playful and fierce 1986 installation. In 1986 the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London showed a new commission by the artist Helen Chadwick 1954 1996 . What Chadwick conceived for the ICA exhibition explore... Lees meer.

Launched in 1999 Afterall is a journal of contemporary art that offers in-depth analysis of artists work along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Its academic format differentiates it from popular review magazines. Volume 48 is Afterall s... Lees meer.

The first sustained examination of a canonical and widely exhibited work by a leading artist of the former Yugoslavia. In Sanja Ivekovi s Triangle Trokut 1979 four black-and-white photographs and written text capture an eighteen-minute performance from May 10 1979.... Lees meer.

An illustrated exploration of a groundbreaking work and its connections to New York s art and music scenes of the 1980s. Dan Graham s Rock My Religion 1982 1984 is a video essay populated by punk and rock performers Patti Smith Jim Morrison Jerry Lee Lewis and Edd... Lees meer.

In 1975 Bas Jan Ader disappeared at sea while trying to sail from the East Coast of the United States to Europe as part of a project titled In Search of the Miraculous. Ader s considerable influence on later conceptual artists stems from the way in which he used the coo... Lees meer.

An examination of Pierre Huyghe s post-apocalyptic Untitled Human Mask which asks whether our human future may be one of remnants and mimicry. Pierre Huyghe s 2014 film Untitled Human Mask combines images of a post-apocalyptic world actual footage of deserted st... Lees meer.

An illustrated examination of an early photo-essay by Lee Friedlander that shows television screens broadcasting eerily glowing images into unoccupied rooms. Lee Friedlander s The Little Screens first appeared as a 1963 photo-essay in Harper s Bazaar with commentary... Lees meer.

In 1966 at the height of minimal art in New York artist Michael Snow chose not to make another object to be placed in a room but instead spent a year planning a film of a room. Wavelength a forty-five-minute more or less straight-line zoom from the near to the far w... Lees meer.

An illustrated examination of Beverly Buchanan s 1981 environmental sculpture which exists in an ongoing state of ruination. Beverly Buchanan s Marsh Ruins 1981 are large solid mounds of cement and shell-based tabby concrete yet their presence has always been el... Lees meer.

Published twice a year each issue of Afterall journal includes in-depth considerations of the work of contemporary artists as well as essays on art history and critical theory. Issue 53 Medium Metaphor Milieu looks at the exhibitionary in and beyond exhibitions. G... Lees meer.

... Lees meer.