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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Isa Genzken
Fuck the Bauhaus
ISBN: 9781846382536
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
A strikingly original analysis of Isa Genzken's move towards merging sculptural and architectural morphologies into a trailblazing practice of contemporary assemblage.
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.
Bas Jan Ader
In Search of the Miraculous
ISBN: 9781846380020
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: May 5, 2006
An illustrated investigation into the critical motives behind the last, unfinished work that has defined the romantic legacy of conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader.
Mike Kelley
Educational Complex
ISBN: 9781846381508
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: January 30, 2015
An illustrated examination of a 1995 work by Mike Kelley that marked a significant change in his work.
Isa Genzken
Fuck the Bauhaus
ISBN: 9781846382536
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
A strikingly original analysis of Isa Genzken's move towards merging sculptural and architectural morphologies into a trailblazing practice of contemporary assemblage.
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.
Bas Jan Ader
In Search of the Miraculous
ISBN: 9781846380020
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: May 5, 2006
An illustrated investigation into the critical motives behind the last, unfinished work that has defined the romantic legacy of conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader.
Mike Kelley
Educational Complex
ISBN: 9781846381508
Publisher: Afterall Books
Pub Date: January 30, 2015
An illustrated examination of a 1995 work by Mike Kelley that marked a significant change in his work.