Afterall's Critical Readers Series Surveys Modern and Contemporary Art
Afterall's Critical Readers series compiles key texts on modern and contemporary art practice. The series includes volumes on Art and Autonomy (2022), Art and the Moving Image (2007), Art and Social Change (2007), and East Art Map: Contemporary Art and Eastern Europe (2006). Each collection features canonical texts, rare reprints, new translations, and commissioned essays. Series editors include Charles Esche, Lars Bang Larsen, Sven Lütticken, Will Bradley, IRWIN, and Tanya Leighton. Art and Autonomy is distributed by Koenig Books (Europe); East Art Map by The MIT Press; Art and the Moving Image and Art and Social Change, published by Tate in association with Afterall, are no longer available.
Key facts
- Critical Readers series looks at significant areas of modern and contemporary art practice through collections of key texts.
- Publications incorporate contextual and archival material from art theory to artists' statements and manifestos.
- Canonical texts and rare reprints sit alongside new translations made available in English for the first time.
- Commissioned essays provide further insight into the themes of each reader.
- Series editors: Charles Esche, Lars Bang Larsen, Sven Lütticken, Will Bradley, IRWIN, Tanya Leighton.
- Art and Autonomy: A Critical Reader published 01 Nov 2022.
- Art and the Moving Image: A Critical Reader published 17 Apr 2007.
- Art and Social Change: A Critical Reader published 02 Apr 2007.
- East Art Map: Contemporary Art and Eastern Europe published 17 Apr 2006.
- Art and Autonomy distributed by Koenig Books (Europe).
- East Art Map distributed by The MIT Press.
- Art and the Moving Image and Art and Social Change published by Tate in association with Afterall, no longer available.
Entities
Artists
- Charles Esche
- Lars Bang Larsen
- Sven Lütticken
- Will Bradley
- IRWIN
- Tanya Leighton
Institutions
- Afterall
- Koenig Books
- The MIT Press
- Tate
Sources
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