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| JON THOMPSON |
| 1936 |
Born |
| 1953-57 |
St Martin's School of Art |
| 1957-1960 |
Royal Academy Schools |
| 1960-62 |
British Schools in Rome |
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| Individual
Exhibitions |
| 1960 |
Rowan Gallery, London |
| 1961 |
Rowan Gallery, London
Green Gallery, New York |
| 1962 |
Rowan Gallery, London |
| 1963 |
Green Gallery, New York
Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal |
| 1972 |
Greenwich Gallery, London |
| 1982 |
Mai Gallery, London |
| 1983 |
Goldsmiths Gallery, London |
| 1985 |
John Hansard Gallery, Southampton |
| 1987 |
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
| 1996 |
Dhondt-Dhaenens Museum, Deurle Ghent |
| 1997 |
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
| 2005 |
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
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| Group Exhibitions |
| 1960 |
Young Contemporaries, A.A. Galleries, London |
| 1961 |
British Pop Art. I.C.A., London
Young British Artists, Arthur Tooths, London |
| 1976 |
British Painting, Burlington House, London |
| 1982 |
Colazione Inglese, Venice |
| 1985 |
Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
| 1990 |
Multiples, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London |
| 1994 |
Ad Usum Fabricae, L'Aquila Museum sperimentale d'Arte
Contemporanea, L'Aquila |
| 1998 |
Galerie Jamar, Antwerp (with Werner Feiersinger) |
| 2002 |
Apparition: the Action of Appearing , Arnolfini
and Kettle's Yard, Cambridge |
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| Curatorial Experience |
| 1984 |
The British Art Show , Birmingham and tour. Curated
with Marjorie
Allthorpe-Guyton and Alexander Moffat |
| 1986 |
Falls the Shadow , The Hayward Gallery, London.
Curated with Barry Barker
Baselitz, Baumgarten, Bomberg, Broodthaers, Carter, Charlton, Deacon, Dujourie,
Fabro, Flanagan, Fontana, Garouste, Gilbert
and George, Hamilton, Horn, Kirkeby, Klein, Kounellis, Laib, Law,
Le Brun, Long, Lupertz, McKenna, Manzoni, Merz, Murphy, Newman, Paolini, Penone,
Polke, Ruckriem. |
| 1993 |
Gravity and Grace , The Hayward Gallery, London
Anselmo, Beuys, Broodthaers, Fabro, Flanagan, Hesse, Kounellis, Long, Merz, Morris,
Nauman, Panamarenko, Paolini, Penone, Pistoletto, Ruthenbeck, Smithson, Sonnier,
Zorio. |
| 1995 |
Passages in Time , The Henn Gallery, Maastricht
Teurlinckx, Wallinger, Webb.
Quarters , The Oude Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Curated with Uli Lindmayr
Akerman, Alvi, Brey, Curran, Daniels, Feiersinger, Grimonprez, Haber
Hundsbichler, Maier, Plank, Poschauko, Robin, Rogiers, Sato, Sherman, Tang, Trockel. |
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| Teaching Experience |
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Lancaster College of Art |
| 1962-63 |
Lecturer in Fine Art |
| 1964-65 |
Head of Foundation Studies |
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Leicester College of Art & Design |
| 1965-68 |
Lecturer in Painting Department
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St Martin's School of Art |
| 1965-68 |
Lecturer in Painting Department |
| 1968-70 |
Lecturer in charge of first year dip. A.D. Studies
in Painting and Sculpture |
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London University Goldsmiths' College |
| 1970-71 |
Head of Painting |
| 1972 |
Head of Fine Art |
| 1973-80 |
Principal of the School of Art |
| 1980-85 |
Dean of the School of Art |
| 1985-89 |
Head of Post.-Grad. Fine Art Studies |
| 1989-92 |
Head of Department of Fine Art and Reader in the School
of Humanities |
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Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht |
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1992-98 Head of Post. Grad. Studies in Fine Art |
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Middlesex University |
| 1998- |
Research Professor in Fine Art, Middlesex University |
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| Selected Publications |
| 1985 |
Ars Universitas: The Ricinulus Fragments
- with the sociologist and critic Michael Phillipson. John Hansard Gallery and
the University of Southampton, 1985. |
| 1986 |
Mr Kurt, he Dead
Catalogue foreword for "Falls The Shadow" at the Hayward Gallery, London. Published
by the South Bank Board, 1986. |
| 1987 |
Of Sameness and Difference
Some comments on the Cartouches of Derrida. Catalogue foreword
for the exhibition, "A
Disquieting Suggestion" - curated by Julian Robson for the John Hansard Gallery,
University of Southampton, 1987.
The Warning Hand: Stephen McKenna's History Painting
Catalogue foreword for the Raab Gallery, Berlin, 1987.
Thinking the Object: Recent Works by Tony Carter
Catalogue foreword on the occasion of Tony Carter's homage
to Neils Bohr, at the Anthony Reynolds Gallery. Published
by the Gallery, 1987. |
| 1988 |
Stephen McKenna; The Pompeian Pictures
For Volkenkratz, no. 31, Autumn, 1988. Afterwards republished in a collection
of essays on painting edited by Max von Faust for the University of Wuppertal
Press, 1990. |
| 1991 |
Deadly Prescriptions: Jannis Kounellis in Moscow
Artscribe No.88, September 1991. |
| 1992 |
In the Groves of Philadelphia, a Female Hanging
Tema Celeste International, special Duchamp edition, Feb 1992. Recently revised
and republished in "de-, dis-, ex-" Vol 1 - Ex- cavating Modernism, Backless
Books, London. 1996. |
| 1993 |
Un Impicato Femmina
"Duchamp Dopo Duchamp", a collection of recent essays on Marcel Duchamp edited
by Arturo Schwarz; with Craig Adcock, Achille Bonito Oliva, Massimo Cacciari,
Donald Kuspit, Demetrio Paparoni and Robert Rosenblum. Prisma Books, Siracusa,
Italy. 1993.
New Times, New Thoughts, New Sculptures
Catalogue foreword for Gravity and Grace: the Changing Condition
of Sculpture 1965-75 at the Hayward Gallery, London. Published
by the South Bank Board, 1993.
Blowing Cold and Hot; New Sculpture by Werner Feiersinger
Catalogue foreword for Galerie Annick Ketele, Antwerp, 1993.
Shortly to be published by de Appel. Amsterdam.
Barry Flanagan: Artist of Unreason
Catalogue foreword for the Fundacion 'La Caixa' Madrid and the Musee des Beaux
Arts de Nante. Retrospective Exhibition of Flanagan curated by Enrique Juncosa,
1993.
The Aesthetics of the Open Field
For 'Avant-Garde and the Public Sphere' - a Reader edited by Jeanne van Heeswijk
and including writings by Hugues Boekraad, Hauke Brunkhorst, Stuart Ewan, Andrea
Fisher, Elizabeth Lenk, Martin Lucas and Heinz Paetzold. Published by the Jan
van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, 1993. |
| 1994 |
Fiction is more truthful than History
A moral Tale included in the anthology 'And Justice For All..'
edited by Ole Bouman, Rosbeek, Nuth, 1994.
A Comical Introduction to Ping Pong
By Anke Schaefer. The Candy T.V. Company, Amsterdam, 1994.
Arbeit am Objekts, the work of Pepe Maier
Catalogue foreword for the Galerie de Stifterhaus, Linz,
1994. |
| 1995 |
Doing Battle with Decomposition: the work of Mark Wallinger,
1985-95
A Real Work of Art - The Race-course, Representation and Reality.
Catalogue essays for Mark Wallinger at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and Serpentine
galleries, London, 1995.
Realism, Pop and Poverty
Catalogue foreword for 'Revolution: Art of the Sixties from Warhol to Beuys',
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1995. |
| 1996 |
Image and Object in the work of Annelies Oberdanner
Catalogue foreword for her exhibition at the Buchsenhausen, ausstellgsraum Innsbruck,
1996.
Towards A Theory of the Image
Editor and author of the theoretical introduction to essays
by Regis Debray, Dick Hebdidge, Benoit Hermans, Martine
Joly, Scott Lash, Harald Lemcke, Heinz Paetzold, Yahuda
Safran, and Richard Wollheim. Jan van Eyck Akademie and
Rosbeck, Nuth, 1996.
Pieter Rogiers and The New Mannerism
Catalogue essay for the exhibition 'Groene Pasen'. Curated
by Bart Cassiman for the Deurle Museum, Gent, 1996.
Richard
Deacon
Monograph and main critical essay. Phaidon Press, London,
1996. |
| 1997 |
Steve McQueen
Catalogue essay, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven and Portikus, Frankfurt, 1997. |
| 1998 |
Piero Manzoni
catalogue essay, Serpentine Gallery, 1998 |
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| Selected Publications |
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Ars Universitas: The Ricinulus Fragments
- with the sociologist and critic Michael Phillipson. John Hansard Gallery and the University of Southampton, 1985.
Mr Kurt, he Dead
Catalogue foreword for “Falls The Shadow” at the Hayward Gallery, London. Published by the South Bank Board, 1986.
Of Sameness and Difference
Some comments on the Cartouches of Derrida. Catalogue foreword for the exhibition, “A Disquieting Suggestion” - curated by Julian Robson for the John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, 1987.
The Warning Hand: Stephen McKenna’s History Painting
Catalogue foreword for the Raab Gallery, Berlin, 1987.
Thinking the Object: Recent Works by Tony Carter
Catalogue foreword on the occasion of Tony Carter’s homage to Neils Bohr, at the Anthony Reynolds Gallery. Published by the Gallery, 1987.
Stephen McKenna; The Pompeian Pictures
For Volkenkratz, no. 31, Autumn, 1988. Afterwards republished in a collection of essays on painting edited by Max von Faust for the University of Wuppertal Press, 1990.
Deadly Prescriptions: Jannis Kounellis in Moscow
Artscribe No.88, September 1991.
In the Groves of Philadelphia, a Female Hanging
Tema Celeste International, special Duchamp edition, Feb 1992. Recently revised and republished in “de-, dis-, ex-” Vol 1 - Ex- cavating Modernism, Backless Books, London. 1996.
Un Impicato Femmina
“Duchamp Dopo Duchamp”, a collection of recent essays on Marcel Duchamp edited by Arturo Schwarz; with Craig Adcock, Achille Bonito Oliva, Massimo Cacciari, Donald Kuspit, Demetrio Paparoni and Robert Rosenblum. Prisma Books, Siracusa, Italy. 1993.
New Times, New Thoughts, New Sculptures
Catalogue foreword for Gravity and Grace: the Changing Condition of Sculpture 1965-75 at the Hayward Gallery, London. Published by the South Bank Board, 1993.
Blowing Cold and Hot; New Sculpture by Werner Feiersinger
Catalogue foreword for Galerie Annick Ketele, Antwerp, 1993. Shortly to be published by de Appel. Amsterdam.
Barry Flanagan: Artist of Unreason
Catalogue foreword for the Fundacion ‘La Caixa’ Madrid and the Musee des Beaux Arts de Nante. Retrospective Exhibition of Flanagan curated by Enrique Juncosa, 1993.
The Aesthetics of the Open Field
For ‘Avant-Garde and the Public Sphere’ - a Reader edited by Jeanne van Heeswijk and including writings by Hugues Boekraad, Hauke Brunkhorst, Stuart Ewan, Andrea Fisher, Elizabeth Lenk, Martin Lucas and Heinz Paetzold. Published by the Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, 1993.
Fiction is more truthful than History
A moral Tale included in the anthology ‘And Justice For All..’ edited by Ole Bouman, Rosbeek, Nuth, 1994.
A Comical Introduction to Ping Pong
By Anke Schaefer. The Candy T.V. Company, Amsterdam, 1994.
Arbeit am Objekts, the work of Pepe Maier
Catalogue foreword for the Galerie de Stifterhaus, Linz, 1994.
Richard Deacon
Monograph and main critical essay. Phaidon Press, London, 1996.
Doing Battle with Decomposition: the work of Mark Wallinger, 1985-95
A Real Work of Art - The Race-course, Representation and Reality.
Catalogue essays for Mark Wallinger at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and Serpentine galleries, London, 1995.
Realism, Pop and Poverty
Catalogue foreword for ‘Revolution: Art of the Sixties from Warhol to Beuys’, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1995.
Image and Object in the work of Annelies Oberdanner
Catalogue foreword for her exhibition at the Buchsenhausen, ausstellgsraum Innsbruck, 1996.
Towards A Theory of the Image
Editor and author of the theoretical introduction to essays by Regis Debray, Dick Hebdidge, Benoit Hermans, Martine Joly, Scott Lash, Harald Lemcke, Heinz Paetzold, Yahuda Safran, and Richard Wollheim. Jan van Eyck Akademie and Rosbeck, Nuth, 1996.
Pieter Rogiers and The New Mannerism
Catalogue essay for the exhibition ‘Groene Pasen’. Curated by Bart Cassiman for the Deurle Museum, Gent, 1996.
Steve McQueen
Catalogue essay, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven and Portikus, Frankfurt, 1997.
Piero Manzoni, catalogue essay, Serpentine Gallery, 1998 |
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| Conferences Organised and Chaired |
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The Architecture and Ideology of the Museum
Bonnefantenmuseum.
Key speakers were: Christoph Arman, Richard
Deacon, Luk Deleur, Alexander van Gravenstein, Michail Muller
and Yahuda Safran.
Maastricht,
Spring 1995 |
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Towards a New Theory of the Image
Jan van Eyck Akademie
The key speakers were: Regis Debray, Dick Hebdidge, Martine Joly, Scott Lash,
Heinz Paetzold and Richard Wollheim.
Maastricht, Summer, 1995 |
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Crisis in Criticism: the Critic, the Curator, the Press
and the Institution of Art
Jan van Eyck Akademie
The key speakers were:
Achille Bonita Oliva, Koen Brams, Bart
Cassiman, Herman Drexler, Jean Fisher, Ena Gevers, Isabella
Graw, Kasper Koenig, Katherine Pichler, Georg Schulhammer,
Elizabeth Suzman and Tommaso Trini.
Maastricht, 1995-96 |
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