MTU Crawford College of Art & Design

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: CONTEMPORARY ART HISTORY AND THEORY

Committed to the potential of art as an embodied, affective means of communication essential to issues such as environmental and social justice; Lucy’s work has had impact across all aspects of the making, reception and mediation of visual art. Working in academic, institutional and community settings as Assistant Curator, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (1980s); Head of Community Education, Whitechapel Gallery, London (1990s); she joined MTU in 2001. 

Trained in Art History and Philosophy (University of Cambridge B.A.Hons 1983; M.A. 1987) (University of Oxford. Dip.1984) (NCAD PhD. 2016), Lucy’s PhD; Bochner’s Intermittent Objects: Aesthetics, Embodiment and Affect in Conceptual Art  informs current research projects investigating art teaching and research as a transdisciplinary field embedded in linguistic practices.  Her research interests span the interrelation of visual art, writing, drawing, script, speech, embodiment, performativity. Lucy welcomes students researching all aspects of contemporary art, art theory, aesthetics and art history, curatorial practices and creative pedagogies.

Mel Bochner If the Colour Changes (#1), 1997, 36 x 48 inches. Private collection.

RELATED COURSES:

BA (HONS) IN FINE ART

BA (HONS) IN CONTEMPORARY APPLIED ART (CERAMICS, GLASS, TEXTILES)

MA ART IN PROCESS