Synopses & Reviews
The collected writings of British artist, writer and curator Jon Thompson come together in this volume. As a teacher of artists at Goldsmiths, Thompson is credited as one of the most influential of his generation, a key promoter of the so-called Young British Artists of the 1990s, including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Leaving the minimalists behind by the late 1970s as he wrote about more politically and socially connected artists, Thompson's careful research, historical knowledge and insight into an artist's work was quickly recognized as fresh and exciting. This is a long-overdue anthology of Thompson's commentary, which has been published in exhibition catalogues for the Hayward Gallery and Serpentine Gallery as well as numerous art magazines and journals.
Synopsis
Bringing together the collected writings of British artist, writer and professor Jon Thompson, this volume represents his considerable influence on a generation of artists and art historians.
Thompson began writing in the late 1970s and - unlike much of the previous critical writing on academic art history - his careful research, depth of historical knowledge and insight into an artist's work and approach was quickly recognised as authoritative, fresh and exciting.
Thompson taught at Goldsmiths College, London, Middlesex University and Jan Van Eyck Academie, The Netherlands, and he wrote influential essays about a wide range of artists including his former students Richard Deacon, Steve McQueen and Mark Wallinger. He also wrote extensively about trends in sculpture, art education and changes in art in general.
Synopsis
This volume brings together the collected writings of British artist, writer and professor Jon Thompson. As a teacher of artists, Thompson is credited as one of the most influential of his generation. He began writing in the late 1970s, and unlike much of the previous critical writing on academic art history, Thompson's careful research, depth of historical knowledge and insight into an artist's work and approach was quickly recognised as authoritative, fresh and exciting. His texts have been published in exhibition catalogues for the Hayward Gallery, Ikon Gallery and Serpentine Gallery; in Phaidon, Thames & Hudson and Blackwell books; as well as a variety of art magazines and journals.