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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Michaelis School of Fine
Art
Research Report 2012
(Including the Centre for Curating the
Archive)
Director and Head of School: Associate
Professor Stephen Inggs
School Profile
The Michaelis School of Fine Art is primarily involved
in research in the field of fine art and the history and
discourses of art. The School has a strong research and
exhibition profile with all staff participating in both local and
international exhibitions. These include exhibitions curated
along various themes, major international biennales, as well
as individual one-person shows. There is an emphasis on the
scholarly and creative interpretation and intellectualisation
of artwork. This is reflected in catalogue publications, artists’
books and journal articles including
Artworks in Progress
, a
journal published by the School. Staff are regularly invited
to comment on issues relating to fine arts practice and write
review essays in exhibition catalogues.
The School houses the Centre for Curating the Archive,
a multidisciplinary research centre focussed on digital
archives their exhibition and publication, directed by
Pippa Skotnes. The CCA incorporates LLAREC (Lucy
Lloyd Archive, Resource and Exhibition Centre) and the
Katrine Harries Print Cabinet which publishes artists’
books and curates the University’s print collection.
LLAREC also initiated an inter-departmental social
responsibility project which runs from the UCT field
station in Clanwilliam each year.
The major postgraduate degrees offered at the School
include the PhD, Master of Fine Art, Master of Arts in Fine
Art, Master of Arts in Art Historical Studies
and Honours in
Art Historical Studies. Students undertake advanced study
in an aspect of art history, contemporary art discourse,
studiowork disciplines or specialist interdisciplinary research.
School Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff
Emeritus Professors
3
Honorary Professors
1
Professors
4
Associate Professors
2
Adjunct Associate Professor
1
Senior Lecturers
7
Lecturers
3
Contract staff
2
Administrative staff
3
Senior Technical Officers
2
Technical Officers
2
Technical Assistant
1
Workshop Assistant
1
Total
32
Students
Undergraduates
1124
Postgraduate Diploma in Art
10
Honours in VAH
2
MFA
24
MA
6
PhD
7
Total
1173
Research Fields and Staff
Professor Jane Alexander
Sculpture; photography; photomontage; video
Emeritus Professor Bruce Arnott
Fine art; sculpture
Ms Jean Brundrit
Photography; lesbian sexuality; identity
Mr Kurt Campbell
Graphic Design; Design History; 2d Animation, Postcolonial
theory, Subaltern studies, philosophy of technology
Ms Annemie Conradie
Visual studies; commodification of culture; tourism,
heritage and local economic development; relationships
between theory and practice; body modification and
performance.
Emeritus Professor Michael Godby
19th century colonial artists; contemporary South African
artists; documentary photography
Associate Professor Stephen Inggs
Printmaking, photography, artists’ books and portfolios,
particularly the influence of technology on practice;
representation of objects and landscape
Ms Svea Josephy
Photography;
southern
African
Photography;
contemporary art
Mr Andrew Lamprecht
Theory/Discourse in Art; curatorship