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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Luke Smythe is a Lecturer in Art History and Theory in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. Prior to commencing at Monash, he taught art history at Otago University and Wesleyan University. From 2013-2014, he worked as a Curatorial Fellow in Postwar Art at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
His historical specialty is modern art from the postwar period until today with at present a particular focus on three subjects: the global evolution of modernism since the Second World War, identity art and its constraints, and the passage of analog media into the digital era. His articles and essays, addressing these and other topics, have appeared in many journals and catalogues, among which are October, Modernism/modernity, the Art Journal (U.S.), and Oxford Art Journal. He is currently completing two book manuscripts: the first on the New Zealand artist Gretchen Albrecht (forthcoming with Massey University Press in 2019) and the second on the German painter Gerhard Richter.
In addition to his research and writing, he has worked on exhibitions at a number of museums and galleries, including the Chinati Foundation, Yale University Art Gallery and the Pinakothek der Moderne.
His work has been supported by the DAAD, the Fulbright Foundation, the Yale Centre for British Art, the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, and Creative New Zealand.
Education/Academic qualification
Art History, PhD, Yale University
Award Date: 12 Jun 2012
Curatorial Studies, MA, Columbia University
Award Date: 8 Feb 2006
Research area keywords
- Modern and contemporary art
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‘damit Du mitfliessen kannst’: Sigmar Polke and material art history
Anna Polke-Stifung (Anna Polke Foundation)
20/10/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Becoming Absorbed in Sapphire Blue: Abstract Painting’s Political Agency and the Feeling of Aesthetic Release
Smythe, L., 2022, The Dialogics of Contemporary Art: Painting Politics. Ingram, S., Minissale, G., Vercoe, C. & Wynne-Jones, V. (eds.). Bielefeld, Germany: Kerber, p. 230-241 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Beuys in Multiple: The Esoteric Populist
Smythe, L., 2022, Melbourne, Vic, Australia: 99%. 1 p.Research output: Book/Report › Catalogue › Research
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Gerhard Richter, Individualism, and Belonging in West Germany
Smythe, L., 2022, New York, USA: Routledge. 202 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Light Within: Gretchen Albrecht's Illuminations
Smythe, L., 2022, Christchurch, NZ: NMG. 5 p.Research output: Book/Report › Catalogue › Research
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Let us possess one world: McCahon, abstraction and transversal art history
Smythe, L., 2020, In: Journal of New Zealand Studies. 2020, NS31, p. 128-147 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Prizes
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Dean's Award for Research Excellence by an Early Career Researcher
Smythe, Luke (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Routledge (Publisher)
Luke Smythe (Peer reviewer)
14 Jun 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Raum und Zeit: Joseph Beuys' raumbezogene Arbeiten, ihre Präsentation und Erhaltung
Luke Smythe (Organiser)
17 Sep 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art (Journal)
Luke Smythe (Peer reviewer)
Mar 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
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Journal of New Zealand Studies (Journal)
Luke Smythe (Guest editor) & Rex Butler (Guest editor)
Dec 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Colin McCahon Centenary Symposium
Luke Smythe (Organiser)
15 Feb 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Digitisation is putting the world's greatest works within reach
24/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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