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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Rex Butler is an art historian, writer and Professor (Art History & Theory).
His research interests include Australian art and art criticism, Post-War American art and Critical Theory. He has recently completed a book, UnAustralian Art, with ADS Donaldson, to be published by Power Publishing, University of Sydney, and another, Stanley Cavell and the Arts, for Bloomsbury Publishing, London. He is currently editing two collections, one on the Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo and another on the documentary film-maker Joshua Oppenheimer.
He is the author or editor of eleven books, including What is Appropriation?(1996), Jean Baudrillard: The Defence of the Real (1999), A Secret History of Australian Art (2002), Slavoj Zizek: Live Theory (2005), Radical Revisionism (2005), Borges' Short Stories: A Reader's Guide (2010) and Deleuze and Guattari's What is Philosophy?: A Reader's Guide (2015).
Education/Academic qualification
Art History, PhD, University of Sydney
Award Date: 1 Jul 1990
Research area keywords
- Art History
- Art Criticism
- Art Theory
Network
Projects
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The Abbey Art Centre: Reassessing postwar Australian art, 1946–1956
McLean, I., Butler, R., Donaldson, A. & Pierse, S.
28/04/20 → 28/04/22
Project: Research
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An Other Beginning: A New Thinking of the End
Butler, R., 2022, Philosophy World Democracy.Research output: Other contribution › Research › peer-review
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"A Divided Self and a Doubled World": On Stanley Cavell's Perfectionism
Butler, R., 2021, In: Sub-Stance. 50, 2, p. 156-172 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Stanley Cavell and the Arts: Philosophy and Popular Culture
Butler, R., 2021, London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. 218 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Victory over Death: The Art of Colin McCahon
Butler, R. & Simmons, L., 2021, Clayton, Vic, Australia: Monash University Publishing. 197 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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After Finitude It’s a Wonderful Life
Butler, R., 2020, In: Crisis and Critique. 7, 2, p. 31-46 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research
Open Access
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The history of art history
Sally Foster (Host), Rex Butler (Contributor) & Claire Farago (Contributor)
10 Mar 2021Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Event Horizon
Rex Butler (Invited speaker)
18 Aug 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Dark Eden Conference
Rex Butler (Invited speaker)
6 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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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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Public lecture: 'Various Responses - Mutlu Çerkez: 1988–2065'
Helen Hughes (Contributor) & Rex Butler (Contributor)
14 Apr 2018Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
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CONVERSATIONS: THE JOURNAL OF CAVELLIAN STUDIES: 'Friends and Strangers: A Conversation'
Rex Butler & Catherine Wheatley
12/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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THE AUSTRALIAN: 'Review: Scholar was creative in exploring history'
Rex Butler & Sheridan Palmer
1/09/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature