David Batchelor

David Batchelor is an artist and writer who has exhibited widely in Europe and America. Senior Tutor in Critical Theory in the Department of Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, London, he is a frequent contributor to such journals as Artforum and Frieze and the author of Minimalism and Chromophobia. Swiss-born architect, urban planner, sculptor, painter, and writer Le Corbusier (1887-1956), born Charles-�douard Jeanneret, was one of the most influential architects of the...See more

David Batchelor is an artist and writer who has exhibited widely in Europe and America. Senior Tutor in Critical Theory in the Department of Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, London, he is a frequent contributor to such journals as Artforum and Frieze and the author of Minimalism and Chromophobia. Swiss-born architect, urban planner, sculptor, painter, and writer Le Corbusier (1887-1956), born Charles-�douard Jeanneret, was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century and one of the leading figures of architectural modernism. Swiss-born architect, urban planner, sculptor, painter, and writer Le Corbusier (1887-1956), born Charles-�douard Jeanneret, was one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century and one of the leading figures of architectural modernism. Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur. Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was a student of philosophy, musicology, psychology, and sociology at Frankfurt where he later became Professor of Philosophy and Sociology and Co-Director of the Frankfurt School. During the war years he lived in Oxford, in New York, and in Los Angeles, continuing to produce numerous books on music, literature, and culture. Julia Kristeva is a cultural theorist and psychoanalyst. Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), an enormously influential philosopher, theoretician, critic, and deconstructionist, is the author of Of Grammatology , The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond , Aporias , and many other books. Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII, Vincennes/Saint Denis. He published 25 books, including five in collaboration with F�lix Guattari. Thierry de Duve is Director of Studies, Association de pr�figuration de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. Umberto Eco was an Italian semiotician, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. He is the author of The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum , and The Prague Cemetery , all bestsellers in many languages, as well as a number of influential scholarly works. Stephen Melville is Professor of the History of Art at Ohio State University. Mike Kelley is a Los Angeles-based artist, noise musician, and writer. He is a member of the graduate faculty in the M.F.A. program at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena. David Batchelor is an artist and writer who has exhibited widely in Europe and America. Senior Tutor in Critical Theory in the Department of Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, London, he is a frequent contributor to such journals as Artforum and Frieze and the author of Minimalism and Chromophobia. Mel Bochner has lived and worked in New York City since 1964. His work has been exhibited internationally and is included in major museum collections throughout the world. See less