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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. Rex Butler has recently completed a book, Outside In:10 Essays on UnAustralian Art, with ADS Donaldson and edited a selection of Bernard Smith's writings, Antipodean Perspective, with Sheridan Palmer. He is currently writing a book on Stanley Cavell and the Arts.
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), Borges' Short Stories: A Reader's Guide (2010) and Deleuze and Guattari's What is Philosophy?: A Reader's Guide (2015).
Research area keywords
- Art History
- Art Criticism
- Art Theory
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects
Research Output
Duchamp and Australia in opposition
Butler, R. & Donaldson, A. D. S., 2020, Artlink, 40, 1, p. 60-67 8 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Research
John Nixon's 'Laziness'
Butler, R., 2020, The Art of Laziness: Contemporary Art and Post-Work Politics. Attwood, D. & Russell, F. (eds.). Southbank, Vic, Australia: A+A Publishing, p. 167-179 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research
How to do things with words: Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley's Word Works
Butler, R., 2019, Eyeline, 91, p. 50-55 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article › Research
'In the Beginning': Janet Burchill's Word Works
Butler, R., 2019, Bulleen, Vic, Australia: Heide Museum of Modern Art. 4 p.Research output: Book/Report › Catalogue › Research
On Vanishing Land (2013) The Eerie, W. G. Sebald, and English Hauntology
Butler, R., 2019, The Persistence of Melancholia in Arts and Culture. Bubenik, A. (ed.). New York, NY, USA: Routledge, p. 94-106 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Public lecture/debate/seminar
Public lecture: 'Various Responses - Mutlu Çerkez: 1988–2065'
Helen Hughes (Contributor), Rex Butler (Contributor)14 Apr 2018
Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Press / Media
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