Right About Now
28/08/2007

In connection with the lecture series Right About Now: Art and Theory since the 1990s, which took place in 2006 in Amsterdam and initiated by SMBA and others, the text reader will finally become available soon at Valiz publishers. The starting point of the Right About Now-project is the observation that the great diversity of art since the 1990s has generated virtually no theoretical reflection or historical contextualization. The contrast with previous decades could scarcely be starker. In the 1990s mainly the art itself, and the experience it provided, played a key role. And yet this “art without theory” can, of course, be interpreted theoretically and historicized.

In Right about Now: Art and Theory since the 1990s an international group of renowned authors such as Claire Bishop, Nicolas Bourriaud and Hal Foster, as well as newcomers in the field, has accepted the challenge and endeavoured to bring together the art and theory of the recent past. Their thought-provoking contributions revolve around six topical themes, like The Body, Engagement, Documentary Strategies and Money.

The book launch will follow soon, for the exact date see www.rightaboutnow

Editors: Margriet Schavemaker, Mischa Rakier / Design: Esther Krop, Amsterdam 184 pages, 24 x 17 cm, paperback, English, October 2007. In cooperation with UvA, W139, SMBA, Stedelijk Museum; supported by Prins Bernhard Cultuur¬fonds, Mondriaan Foundation; ISBN 978-90-78088-17-2, € 19,50, www.valiz.nl


News Archive

2007

2006

Rosa Barba in Filmbank programme
11/12/2007
Conversation between Jelle Bouwhuis and Mark Lewis
27/11/2007
Van der Werve wins Volkskrant Award
27/11/2007
Book Launch: Right About Now: Art & Theory since the 1990s
26/10/2007
Image Debate
03/10/2007
Right About Now
28/08/2007
The Rise on show at the Berlinische Galerie
16/08/2007
SMBA nominated for the prestigious AICA Award 2004-2006
15/08/2007
Magid in Gagosian, Elkoussy in Tate Modern
10/07/2007
The Rise on show in Platform 21 and Art Basel
03/06/2007
Book launch: We All Laughed at Christopher Columbus
01/06/2007
Book Launch: Militant Bourgeois
29/05/2007
WRO 07 International Media Art Biënnale
16/05/2007
‘Mapping the City’ video programme (reprise)
10/05/2007
The List
28/02/2007
Lecture Helen Westgeest online
27/02/2007
The Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Annual Report 2006 is released.
19/02/2007
New reading space presented
20/01/2007