Art History: Art: Politics: Transgression: 20th Century Avant-Gardes

Teaching Staff

The programme is team-taught by University staff and external specialists.

David Hopkins Professor of Art History and Theory; Convenor of MLitt in Art: Politics: Transgression: 20th-Century Avant-Gardes

20th-century art and photography with particular reference to Dada and Surrealism; the history and theory of post-1945 art and 20th century photography. Special emphasis on Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst and issues of gender (masculinity).

Recent publications include: Dada's Boys: Masculinity After Duchamp (London: Yale University Press: 2008)

Dr Debbie Lewer Lecturer

20th-century European art, especially German art, architecture and politics.

Recent publications include: ‘Hugo Ball, Iconoclasm and the Origins of Dada in Zurich’, Oxford Art Journal (2009), 32.1

Dr Dominic Paterson Postdoctoral Research Assistant in 20th and 21st Century Art

Dr Paterson wrote his doctoral thesis on the place of aesthetics in the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault, and his research interests include critical theory as well as modern and contemporary art. Amongst his publications are essays on Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Matthew Barney, and Marcel Duchamp amongst others, as well as recent texts on artists including Christine Borland, Ben Rivers, Martin Soto Climent, Anne-Marie Copestake, Claire Barclay, Kate Davis and Faith Wilding. He is a regular contributor to MAP magazine as a writer and critic.

Recent publications include: 'Siting Lucy Gunning's Quarry', www.picture-this.org.uk (March 2011); 'Chapter One: Martin Soto Climent', MAP (No. 22, Summer 2010); 'Duchamp Under the Hammer: readymades, iconoclasm and authenticity', in Art, Conservation and Authenticities, E. Hermens and T. Fiske (eds), (London: Archetype, 2009)