Department of History of Art

York Academics Feature in Exciting New Digital Journal

Posted on 16 December 2015

The first edition of 'British Art Studies' reflects York's strong expertise in this field.

Published three times a year, this new digital open-access and peer-reviewed journal produced by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the Yale Center for British Art has contributions from several York academics and students. The Conversation Piece: 'There's no such thing as British Art' was coordinated by Richard Johns and evolved from a conference convened by Richard in York last year. Contributors include Richard Johns, Liz Prettejohn, Jane Hawkes, former PhD student Cora Gilroy-Ware and current PhD student Amy Tobin.

The digital format of the journal comes into its own in an article consisting of a series of short films made by Jonathan Law, featuring James Boaden and the curator of The John Deakin Archive, Paul Rousseau, discussing the double-exposure images made by John Deakin in the 1950s and 1960s.

Former PhD student Catherine Spencer has produced a piece on Abstraction’s Ecologies: Post-Industrialization, Waste and the Commodity Form in Prunella Clough’s Paintings of the 1980s and 1990s.

Find out more about British Art Studies and view the other articles.