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Dr. Wes Hill is an art historian, critic and curator who lectures in art, education and culture at Southern Cross University, NSW/QLD. Speciality research areas include visual art (modern, postmodern and contemporary), the history of the hipster, post-1960s conceptual art and the blurring of education and creative practice. Research publications include ‘Jeff Gibson: False Gestalt’ (Griffith University/Perimeter Editions, 2023), ‘Art after the Hipster: Identity Politics, Ethics and Aesthetics’ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), ‘Hipster Culture’ (Bloomsbury, 2021), ‘Shapes of Knowledge’ (Monash University Museum of Art, 2019) and ‘How Folklore Shaped Modern Art: A Post-Critical History of Aesthetics’ (Routledge, 2016). His writing has been published in numerous Australian and international art journals, including Artforum (New York), Frieze (London), Artlink, Media/Culture Journal, Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty, Eyeline, and Art and Australia.

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer of Art History, Southern Cross University
  • 2012–2013
    Lecturer of Art Theory, University of Sydney

Education

  • 2012 
    University of Queensland, PhD Art History
  • 2004 
    Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours)

Publications

  • 2017
    Speech Acts: Richard Grayson & Matt Mullican, UTS ePress
  • 2016
    How Folklore Shaped Modern Art, Routledge

Professional Memberships

  • Australian and New Zealand Art Association

Research Areas

  • Art History (190102)
  • Visual Cultures (190104)
  • Art Theory (190103)

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