Visiting Lecturer / PhD Graduate, History of Art
Association of Art Historians, Not Applicable
Thesis Title: Body Art: Body Modification as Artistic Practice
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Sue Malvern
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About
I am a heavily tattooed academic art historian, based in London. My work is concerned with the artistic status of body art and body modification practices, including tattooing, body piercing and cosmetic surgery. I apply art-theoretical and art-historical methodologies to the study of the modified body specifically as an art object rather than a site for psychological, psychiatric, anthropological or ethnographic interest.
I am currently working on a book entitled "Tattoo Art History" for I.B. Tauris, to be published in 2014.
I have taught and lectured at undergraduate and postgraduate level on a number of topics, including but not limited to: body modification practices, tattoos and tattooing; contemporary performance art; lowbrow and outsider art; pop surrealism; digital and internet art; Walter Sickert; Stelarc; the Vienna Aktionists; Francis Bacon; art & science; Deleuze and Deleuzean approaches to art.
I peer-review for the journal 'Body & Society', and have acted as a contributor and expert consultant for various radio and television projects on body art and body modification, including BBC's 'Coast', on BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio Sheffield, on Channel 4 and on Australia's Triple J.
Please feel free to contact me via matt at mattlodder.com.
kw: tattoos as art
