Afterall Books / One Work
The One Work series is a library of small books, each title focusing on a single artwork that has significantly shaped the way we understand art and its history. The books insist that a single contemporary work of art (in all its different manifestations) can affect our understanding of art in general. More than that, these books suggest that a single work of art can literally transform, however modestly, the way we look at and understand the world.
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Alfredo Jaar
Studies on Happiness
ISBN: 9781846382598
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: November 28, 2023
A richly illustrated survey of Alfredo Jaar's Studies on Happiness (1979–1981) and its deep political stakes in the historical context of Chile's neoliberal transition.
Donald Rodney
Autoicon
ISBN: 9781846382574
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: June 6, 2023
An illustrated examination of Donald Rodney's seminal digital media work Autoicon (1997–2000).
Helen Chadwick
The Oval Court
ISBN: 9781846382512
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: September 13, 2022
An illustrated exploration of Helen Chadwick's erotic, playful, and fierce 1986 installation.
Pierre Huyghe
Untitled (Human Mask)
ISBN: 9781846382130
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: January 25, 2022
An examination of Pierre Huyghe's post-apocalyptic Untitled (Human Mask), which asks whether our human future may be one of remnants and mimicry.
Beverly Buchanan
Marsh Ruins
ISBN: 9781846382185
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: February 2, 2021
An illustrated examination of Beverly Buchanan's 1981 environmental sculpture, which exists in an ongoing state of ruination.
Sharon Lockhart
Pine Flat
ISBN: 9781846382031
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: February 18, 2020
A nuanced reading of an artwork that explores a place, transitory and pastoral, where childhood might be lived and imagined differently
Mark Leckey
Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore
ISBN: 9781846382079
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: February 11, 2020
An illustrated examination of Mark Leckey's celebrated video montage.
Walker Evans
Kitchen Corner
ISBN: 9781846381980
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: June 18, 2019
An examination of one of Walker Evans's iconic photographs of the Great Depression.
Isa Genzken
Fuck the Bauhaus
ISBN: 9781846382536
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: January 23, 2024
A strikingly original analysis of Isa Genzken's move towards merging sculptural and architectural morphologies into the critique of commodity culture.
Glenn Ligon
Untitled (I Am a Man)
ISBN: 9781846381928
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: April 13, 2018
An illustrated examination of Glenn Ligon's iconic Untitled (I Am a Man) (1988)—a quotation, an appropriated text turned into an artifact.
Alfredo Jaar
Studies on Happiness
ISBN: 9781846382598
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: November 28, 2023
A richly illustrated survey of Alfredo Jaar's Studies on Happiness (1979–1981) and its deep political stakes in the historical context of Chile's neoliberal transition.
Donald Rodney
Autoicon
ISBN: 9781846382574
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: June 6, 2023
An illustrated examination of Donald Rodney's seminal digital media work Autoicon (1997–2000).
Helen Chadwick
The Oval Court
ISBN: 9781846382512
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: September 13, 2022
An illustrated exploration of Helen Chadwick's erotic, playful, and fierce 1986 installation.
Pierre Huyghe
Untitled (Human Mask)
ISBN: 9781846382130
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: January 25, 2022
An examination of Pierre Huyghe's post-apocalyptic Untitled (Human Mask), which asks whether our human future may be one of remnants and mimicry.
Beverly Buchanan
Marsh Ruins
ISBN: 9781846382185
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: February 2, 2021
An illustrated examination of Beverly Buchanan's 1981 environmental sculpture, which exists in an ongoing state of ruination.
Sharon Lockhart
Pine Flat
ISBN: 9781846382031
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: February 18, 2020
A nuanced reading of an artwork that explores a place, transitory and pastoral, where childhood might be lived and imagined differently
Mark Leckey
Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore
ISBN: 9781846382079
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: February 11, 2020
An illustrated examination of Mark Leckey's celebrated video montage.
Walker Evans
Kitchen Corner
ISBN: 9781846381980
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: June 18, 2019
An examination of one of Walker Evans's iconic photographs of the Great Depression.
Isa Genzken
Fuck the Bauhaus
ISBN: 9781846382536
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: January 23, 2024
A strikingly original analysis of Isa Genzken's move towards merging sculptural and architectural morphologies into the critique of commodity culture.
Glenn Ligon
Untitled (I Am a Man)
ISBN: 9781846381928
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: April 13, 2018
An illustrated examination of Glenn Ligon's iconic Untitled (I Am a Man) (1988)—a quotation, an appropriated text turned into an artifact.