Research Output per year
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
Network
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Research Output
Colin McCahon: Letters and Numbers
Smythe, L., 21 Dec 2019, Memo Review.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Short Review › Research
Open Access
Gretchen Albrecht: Between Gesture and Geometry
Smythe, L., 2019, Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. 304 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Gordon Walters
Smythe, L., 2018, Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society Newsletter, 53 1 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Short Review › Research
Employing Reason Wisely: Gordon Walters and European Modernism
Smythe, L., 2017, Auckland and Dunedin, New Zealand: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Dunedin Public Art Gallery. 14 p.Research output: Book/Report › Catalogue › Research › peer-review
'Live' Motion, Pure Movement and Liberation: Len Lye's Kinetic Imaginary
Smythe, L., 2017, The Long Dream of Waking: New Perspectives on Len Lye. Brobbel, P., Curnow, W. & Horrocks, R. (eds.). New Zealand: Canterbury University Press, p. 59-70 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Activities
Colin McCahon Centenary Symposium
Luke Smythe (Organiser)
15 Feb 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
External review of PhD thesis - UQ School of Architecture
Luke Smythe (Examiner)
15 Aug 2019
Activity: Examination types › Thesis Examination
Painting Politics Symposium
Luke Smythe (Invited speaker)
26 Jul 2019 → 27 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Gordon Walters: Employing Reason Wisely
Luke Smythe (Contributor)
12 Nov 2017
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Gerhard Richter: The Life of Images, opening weekend symposium
Luke Smythe (Invited speaker)
15 Oct 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press / Media
Digitisation is putting the world's greatest works within reach
24/01/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment