Chris Horrocks (writer)

Last updated

Chris Horrocks is an associate professor in art history at Kingston University, London. [1]

Contents

Biography

Chris Horrocks mainly wrote on art and cultural theory. He finished his graduation in Fine Art (Painting) in 1986 and a MA from (RCA) in Cultural history in 1991. Then followed a PHD awarded for his portfolio of texts published in his 20-year career. He also works in arts and science documentary film making. Presently living and working in London, his hobbies include, playing electronic music and traditional banjo. [2]

An expert on the work of theorist Jean Baudrillard, he has authored books on Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp, presented lectures on aspects of Japanese and Chinese contemporary art and technology, edited and published a book called Cultures of Colour (2012) and has just finished a book on the films of artists Gilbert & George. Besides doing his research work and writings, he is of late busy doing a documentary film on the life and work of artist Eduardo Paolozzi.

Writings

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Postmodernism</span> Artistic, cultural, and theoretical movement

Postmodernism is a term used to refer to a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break with modernism. What they have in common is the conviction that it is no longer possible to rely upon previous ways of representing reality. Still, there is disagreement among experts about its more precise meaning even within narrow contexts.

Post-structuralism is a philosophical movement that questions the objectivity or stability of the various interpretive structures that are posited by structuralism and considers them to be constituted by broader systems of power. Although post-structuralists all present different critiques of structuralism, common themes among them include the rejection of the self-sufficiency of structuralism, as well as an interrogation of the binary oppositions that constitute its structures. Accordingly, post-structuralism discards the idea of interpreting media within pre-established, socially constructed structures.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Comics</span> Creative work in which pictures and text convey information

Comics are a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically takes the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus among theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common means of image-making in comics. Photo comics is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and tankōbon have become increasingly common, along with webcomics as well as scientific/medical comics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean Baudrillard</span> French sociologist and philosopher (1929–2007)

Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist and philosopher with an interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his formulation of concepts such as hyperreality. Baudrillard wrote about diverse subjects, including consumerism, critique of economy, social history, aesthetics, Western foreign policy, and popular culture. Among his most well-known works are Seduction (1978), Simulacra and Simulation (1981), America (1986), and The Gulf War Did Not Take Place (1991). His work is frequently associated with postmodernism and specifically post-structuralism. Nevertheless, Baudrillard had also opposed post-structuralism, and had distanced himself from postmodernism.

<i>Understanding Comics</i> Comic book by Scott McCloud

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 1993 non-fiction work of comics by American cartoonist Scott McCloud. It explores formal aspects of comics, the historical development of the medium, its fundamental vocabulary, and various ways in which these elements have been used. It expounds theoretical ideas about comics as an art form and medium of communication, and is itself written in comic book form.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe Sacco</span> Maltese–American cartoonist (born 1960)

Joe Sacco is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is best known for his comics journalism, in particular in the books Palestine (1996) and Footnotes in Gaza (2009), on Israeli–Palestinian relations; and Safe Area Goražde (2000) and The Fixer (2003) on the Bosnian War. In 2020, Sacco released Paying the Land, published by Henry Holt and Company.

Denis Peterson is an American hyperrealist painter whose photorealist works have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Butler Institute of American Art, Tate Modern, Springville Museum of Art, Corcoran MPA, Museum of Modern Art CZ and Max Hutchinson Gallery in New York.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hyperrealism (visual arts)</span> Genre of painting

Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution photograph. Hyperrealism is considered an advancement of photorealism by the methods used to create the resulting paintings or sculptures. The term is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the United States and Europe that has developed since the early 1970s. Carole Feuerman is the forerunner in the hyperrealism movement along with Duane Hanson and John De Andrea.

Kenneth Neville Anthony Garrick was a Jamaican graphic artist and photographer who was based in Los Angeles. He was a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is best known as Bob Marley's art director and is responsible for many of the iconic designs associated with the reggae movement in the 1970s and 1980s.

Borin Van Loon is a British illustrator and comic book artist, best known for his illustrations for the Introducing... series of graphic books on complex subjects. He is an author, collagist, and surrealist painter, and has worked for a wide variety of clients in editorial, publishing and promotion. He has created an eclectic collage/cartoon mural on the subject of DNA and genetics for the Health Matters Gallery in London's Science Museum.

Semiotext(e) is an independent publisher of critical theory, fiction, philosophy, art criticism, activist texts and non-fiction.

<i>Introducing Kafka</i> 1993 biography by David Zane Mairowitz

Introducing Kafka, also known as R. Crumb's Kafka, is an illustrated biography of Franz Kafka by David Zane Mairowitz and Robert Crumb. The book includes comic adaptations of some of Kafka's most famous works including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, In the Penal Colony, and The Judgment, as well as brief sketches of his three novels The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika. The book also details Kafka's biography in a format that is part illustrated essay, part sequential comic panels.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles William Jefferys</span>

Charles William Jefferys was an English-born Canadian artist, author and teacher best known for his historical illustrations.

Brian Clegg is an English science writer. He is the author of popular science books on topics including light, infinity, quantum entanglement and surviving the impact of climate change, and biographies of Roger Bacon and Eadweard Muybridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sylvère Lotringer</span> French literary critic (1938–2021)

Sylvère Lotringer was a French-born literary critic and cultural theorist. Initially based in New York City, he later lived in Los Angeles and Baja California, Mexico. He is best known for synthesizing French theory with American literary, cultural and architectural avant-garde movements as founder of the journal Semiotext(e) and for his interpretations of theory in a 21st-century context. He is regarded as an influential interpreter of Jean Baudrillard's theories, among others.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zoran Stefanović</span> Serbian writer, playwright and screenwriter

Zoran Stefanović is a Serbian author, publisher and cultural activist, best known as the founder of several cultural networks, including Project Rastko. His works were published and produced in Europe and US.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kingston University</span> Public university in London, England

Kingston University London is a public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South West London, England. Its roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute, founded in 1899. It received university status in 1992, before which the institution was known as Kingston Polytechnic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Appignanesi</span> Canadian writer and editor

Richard Appignanesi is a Canadian writer and editor. He was the originating editor of the internationally successful illustrated For Beginners book series, as well as the author of several of the series' texts. He is a founding publisher and editor of Icon Books. He was founding editor of the Manga Shakespeare series. He is a former executive editor of the journal Third Text, and reviews editor of the policy studies journal Futures.

<i>Introducing Relativity</i> 2002 graphic study guide to relativity theory by Bruce Bassett

Introducing Relativity is a 2002 graphic study guide to the theory of relativity and Albert Einstein written by Bruce Bassett and illustrated by Ralph Edney. The volume is, according to the publisher's website, "a superlative, fascinating graphic account of Einstein’s strange world," which, "plots a visually accessible course through the thought experiments that have given shape to contemporary physics."

Roger John Horrocks is a New Zealand writer, film-maker, educator and cultural activist.

References

  1. "Dr Christopher Horrocks". fada.kingston.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. "Dr Christopher Horrocks". kingston.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  3. "Jean Baudrillard: "Outlaw" Cultural Theorist1". ubishops.ca. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  4. "Introducing Baudrillard". goodreads.com. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  5. "Author: chris horrocks". thriftbooks.com. Retrieved 23 October 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. Horrocks, Chris; Jevtic, Zoran (2004). Introducing Foucault. ISBN   1840465913.