Paula Smithard

Monday 15 October, 3:30pm
Stage 2 lecture

Paula Smithard trained as an art historian of the modern period and contemporary art and theory. Paula has lectured widely in the UK on modern and contemporary art including regularly at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London; Goldsmiths College, University of London; Birkbeck College, University of London; Camberwell College of Arts (University of the Arts, London); Chelsea College of Arts, Univeristy of the Arts, London; The Open University; SOAS, University of London, as well as for galleries and museums.

In the late 90s Paula’s art criticism appeared in, amongst others, make, (e)verything, Variant magazines and explored new British art and the cultural politics of pleasure and subjectivities in contemporary art practice.

Paula’s current major work is re-evaluating feminist art practice and its legacy. Recent publications include: ‘The Story of Another Eye: Helen Chadwick’ in n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal, vol. 14, 2004, pp. 55-63. Forthcoming publications include: ‘Female Imagery: “An interestingly campy provincialism”?’ in ed. Pat Morton, Pop Culture and Post-War American Taste, 1960-1975 (Blackwell, forthcoming 2008).

In 2005 Paula gave a keynote address on day 3 of the Predicaments in Visual Culture symposium at University of West England, entitled ‘Screen Images: pleasure and fantasy in (post)feminist practice’.

Paula Smithard is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Subjectivities and Feminisms Research group at Chelsea College of Arts.