Dr Simon Dell
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Lecturer |
S dot Dell at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 3641 |
Sainsbury Centre 0.25 |
Biography
Simon Dell has published in the fields of twentieth-century art history, design history and the history of photography. His principal research is focused on aspects of visual culture in France during the 1920s and 1930s, extending from the avant-garde to anonymous photojournalism. He has also worked on site specificity and sculptural practice after 1960s minimalism. He is currently researching the place of art in the relationship between twentieth-century France and its colonies.
Career
Before coming to UEA in 2000, Simon taught at the University of St Andrews, Bath Spa University and the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Academic Background
BA Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1992
PhD in Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1995
Key Research Interests
Photography, with special reference to
The relation of the visual and political in interwar
Art practice and new media after 1960
Current Research Projects
Dr Dell is currently researching the worker photography movement in
Past Research Projects and Grants
| Project Title | Start Date | End Date | Funding Body |
|---|---|---|---|
| On Location: Art, Space and Place 1960-1980 | 1/4/2008 | 31/12/2008 | British Academy |
| The image of the Popular Front in France 1934-38 | 1/7/2003 | 31/8/2004 | Leverhulme Trust |
Teaching Interests
European modernism
American art and American photography
Research supervision
Dr Dell is interested in supervising research students working on the relationship between art and historical process in the twentieth century, with particular reference to interwar
Doctoral dissertations supervised:
Women, Painting and Critical Practice in
‘Claude Cahun’ – Published/Unpublished: The Textual Identities of Lucy Schwob 1914-1944 (2003)
A Context for Fascist Art and Culture: An Examination of Debates in Critica Fascista 1923-1943 (2008)
Current Supervision:
Death and Performance Art
After Modernism: Art and New Media 1955-1975
American Art and Photography 1900-1950
Gender and Modernism 1900-1939
Archaeology/Contemporary Art (with Dr Joanne Clarke)
Article
Dell, Simon (2003) Love and Surrealism: Rene Magritte and Andre Breton in 1929. Word and Image, 19 (3). pp. 214-222.
Dell, Simon (2001) On the Metaphor and Practice of Photography: Social Realism, the Popular Front in France and the Dynamics of Cultural Unity. History of Photography, 25 (1). pp. 52-60.
Book Section
Dell, Simon (2011) On the Difficult Conjunction of "Worker" and "Photography" in France. In: The Worker Photography Movement:1926-1939: Essays and Documents. Museo nacional centro de arte, Reina Sofia, Madrid.
Dell, Simon (2010) Immediacy and Mediation: The Press, the Popular Front in France and the Spanish Civil War. In: The Mexican Suitcase: The Rediscovered Spanish Civil War Negatives of Capa, Chim and Taro. International Photography Centre, New York.
Dell, Simon (2003) Internationalismus und die Kultur der Volksfront: John Heartfield und die Fotomontage. In: Kultur als Fenster zu einem besseren Leben und Arbeiten. Aisthesis Verlag: Bielefeld, pp. 369-384. ISBN 3895284432
Book
Dell, Simon (2008) On Location: Siting Robert Smithson and his Contemporaries. Black Dog Publishing, p. 191. ISBN 9781906155599
Dell, Simon (2007) The Image of the Popular Front in France: The Masses and the Media in interwar France. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 201. ISBN 0230003281
Show/Exhibition
Dell, Simon (2008) On Location: Art, Space and Place in the 1960s. [Show/Exhibition]
Administrative Posts/Responsibilities
- Director of Admissions (from 2009-10 academic year)
