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Brian Bishop (b. 1971 in Memphis, TN USA) is a visual artist and educator based between Birmingham, England and Belfast, Northern Ireland in the UK. In addition to an early curatorial career, he has taught on both the undergraduate and postgraduate level for nearly three decades.
Research Interests
His studio practice primarily explores the process wherein the photographic image remediated through the discursive and lyrical filter of painting exposes latent meaning. His work therefore interrogates the processes of translation between forms and how those conceptual and physical acts hold and shape meaning.
His research considers the precarious state of the image in this post-photographic era when our world is increasingly populated by non-human generated images, and the resistance in the arts and society to this new scopic regime. In particular, he is interested in the recent materialist turn of the image and its shifting agency in our contemporary social-political landscape.
His research takes many forms from exhibitions to essays to scholarly panels that question how politics, personal history, belief systems, generational change, and technological innovation shape our relation to the image-object. This has led to recent academic conference sessions on the removal of art in the public realm, and planned sessions on the possible long-term impacts on art production and circulation due to current geo-political tensions. Other outcomes include exhibitions of original artworks based on archival or “found” photographic images that explore a variety of topics. However, the power of the image, and its’ materiality, is central in all these enquiries.
Education/Academic qualification
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Award Date: 19 May 1995
BFA, Memphis College of Art
Award Date: 21 May 1993
School of Visual Arts - NYC
Keywords
- Significant Responsibility for Research
- ND Painting
- BH Aesthetics
- Art Criticism
- Art History and Theory
- Curatorial Artwork
- Critical Theory
- NX Arts in general
- Fine Arts
- LB2300 Higher Education
- Art and Design Education Training
- LB2361 Curriculum
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Activities
- 3 Oral presentation
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Beyond Visibility: Considering the Image in the Post-Photographic Era
Brian Bishop (Speaker)
25 Sept 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Public Art and Political Change: All Things That Rise Must Converge
Brian Bishop (Speaker)
14 Feb 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Disciplinary Distinctions: Art History/Visual Studies/Studio Art
Brian Bishop (Speaker)
21 Feb 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation