Irmeline Lebeer

Anders Kreuger

This is the first substantial English-language overview on the legendary '60s Fluxus artist and poet Robert Filliou (1926-87). With illustrations of nearly 192 works, it also features the transcript of an extensive conversation between Filliou and the Brussels-based art critic Irmeline Lebeer, recorded on seven cassette tapes in August 1976 in Flayosc in southern France. This conversation is structured as an abécédaire and touches on a variety of topics pertaining to Filliou's art and thinking, from amitié (friendship) to zen. This conversation was intended to form the backbone of an extensive monograph but was never published--until now. Robert Filliou: The Secret of Permanent Creationilluminates the mind and the practice of this massively underpublished artist, whose influence on subsequent generations has been both clandestine and colossal.

The Secret of Permanent Creation

Robert Filliou

Åsa Nacking

Play along, recast

Stephanie Smith

Melissa Gronlund

Pablo Lafuente

Helena Vilalta

Zachary Cahill

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 37 looks at connectivity and the role of the museum in the contemporary age. Artists and projects considered are Boris Charmatz, Juan Downey, Janice Kerbel, Otobong Nkanga, and the Museum of American Art. In contextual essays, Melissa Gronlund looks at the representation of identity in the online age, Anders Kreuger revisits the Museum of African Art in Belgrade, and Dieter Roelstraete explores the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians in Chicago.

Autumn/Winter 2014, Issue 37

Afterall

Nuria Enguita Mayo

Since its launching in 1999, Afterall, a journal of art, context and enquiry, has offered in-depth considerations of the work of contemporary artists, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Published three times a year, Afterall also features essays on art history and critical theory. Featuring the work of Lene Berg, Lucy McKenzie, Mary Ellen Carroll, Haegue Yang, and Lili Dujourie, Issue 34 examines artistic practices that address notions of cultural tradition while defying essentialist definitions of identity. Sabine Breitwieser reflects on the challenges faced by the museum in adapting to today's experience economy, Valerie Smith discusses Mike Kelley's 1993 exhibition "The Uncanny," and Patrick D. Flores reflects on 1970s social realism in the Philippines, elaborating on the intersection between political painting and post-colonial discourse.

Autumn/Winter 2013, Issue 34

Fiona Tan

Lunds Konsthall

Time and again

Anders Kreuger

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