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DAVE
BEECH
Dave Beech was a prominent
member of the young London art scene in the years following the
yBa explosion. He worked closely with BANK in seminal exhibitions
such as Zombie Golf, Cocaine Orgasm, BANKTV and Dog-u-mental.
His
work has been exhibited widely across Europe and the USA, including
Tate Modern (in Century City). He contributed to the Matthew
Higgs Bookworks project "Seven Wonders of the World",
Kenny Schachters conTEMPorary Gallery, New York, as well as Gavin
Wades "STRIKE" exhibition. His most recent exhibitions
include text works for John Russells publication, "Frozen
Tears", "strolling into history" for Artranspennine03
and he has recorded 19 songs for "Radio Radio" at International
3.
He
is a regular writer for Art Monthly and other art magazines such
as Untitled and Mute, and has contributed to several books, including
the recent Verso anthology dedicated to his writing with John
Roberts and selected responses "The Philistine Contoversy".
He has written an chapter on Leonard Cohens song "Im Your
Man" for the forthcoming anthology "Pop Fictions",
a book about songs in the movies. He convened a session for the
Association of Art Historians Conference, under the heading "Political
Art Now" which was published as a special issue of Third
Text.
He
is currently the Subject Leader of Fine Art as Social Practice
at the University of Wolverhampton after having taught on the
MA Fine Art course at Chelsea College of Art. And is a Director
of FLOATING IP gallery, Manchester.
CV
- DAVE BEECH --print version
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Slade Lane, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 2BA
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dave.beech@clara.co.uk
DATE
OF BIRTH
25th
April 1965
EDUCATION
1990-1993
MA Degree by Thesis
Royal College of Art
1985-1988
BA(Hons) Fine Art
Leicester Polytechnic
EXHIBITIONS
Strolling
Into History in "Artranspennine03", public art project
sited on a route between Liverpool and Hull
DVD Sampler: Single channel video work by artists based in Manchester¸
Lowry Gallery, Manchester
Thermo 03, Lowry Gallery, Manchester
PureScreen, 15th May, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
"Stretching the Truth", solo exhibition as part of
the Tag Team Experiment series, curated by Billy McColl, Edinburgh
"Frozen Tears", book project edited/curated by John
Russell
"Tensionism", group exhibition, Perry Street Rove Gallery,
New York.
"Daily News", newspaper curated by Alexandra Mir for
Greengrassi Gallery, London and Gavin Browns Enterprise, New
York.
"The Anthology of Art", an internet-based platform
for dialogue between 312 international artists and theorists
(catalogue to be published in 2004), Ars Electronica, Linz
"Strike" curated by Gavin Wade, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
"Small Gold Medal", project for Bookworks curated by
Elizabeth Price.
Co-Director of Floating IP Gallery, Manchester
"Dear Sarah", solo exhibition in the Project Space,
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh.
"WHATSWRONG?", exhibition in which I asked over 80
leading international contemporary artists and writers to respond
to the question "whats wrong?" at The Trade Apartment,
London.
T.H.I.N.K., Institut For Nutidskunst, Copenhagen.
"Watch Out For the Agoraphobic Saviours of Mankind",
solo show curated by Gavin Wade at FLAG gallery, London
"History Lessons" group show curated by Pete Lewis
for the Kunstaus, Bregenz. With full colour publication.
"Dot", group show curated by Liz Price (London and
touring). With publication.
"Seven Wonders of the World", group exhibition/publication
curated/edited by Matthew Higgs for Bookworks, London.
curated show within a show for Banks "Dog-U-Mental"
exhibition, Galerie Pooh-Pooh, London.
"Thud Thud Thud", two person show with David Burrows
at The Conductors Hallway, London.
"Bank TV", group exhibition at Dog, London.
"Dogs Breath", group show curated by John Roberts at
Bricks and Kicks gallery, Vienna.
"Cocaine Orgasm", group show curated by Bank at Bank,
London.
"Zombie Golf", group show curated by Bank at Bank,
London.
WRITING
edited
"Art, Politics & Resistance?", a special issue
of Third Text journal
"Video Purified of Television", Variant Magazine (co-written
with John Beagles)
"Video Art", written and presented television programme
for OU/BBC
The Philistine Controversy, book co-written and co-edited with
John Roberts, Verso
"Cultural Bulimia", article in Variant magazine, number
16, Winter 2002, co-written with John Beagles, p10-11
Review of A. Dantos "The Wake of Art: Criticism, Philosophy
and the End of Taste" Historical Materialism, Volume 10,
Issue 2, p255-266
Essay for Jeremy Dellers Life is to Blame for Everything: Collected
Work & Projects 1992-99
catalogue essay for Georgina Starr, "The Bunny Lake Collection"
at Artiglierie Arsenale, Castello, Venice.
"Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc", essay for Control magazine.
"Barthes, Barthes and Barthes", essay for Gymnasion
catalogue, Bregenzer, Kunstverein
interview with Victor Burgin (co-written with Pete Lewis) for
Gymnasion catalogue, Bregenzer, Kunstverein
interview with Bank for Untitled magazine
interview with Jeremy Deller for Untitled magazine
"Public Art After Virtue", article in Public Art Journal.
catalogue essay for Secession 1999 Annika Strom, in conversation
with Ina Blom.
"Video After Diderot", article in Art Monthly.
interview with Keith Tyson, Everything magazine.
"Tolerating Impurities", article for New Left Review,
co-written with John Roberts.
"Getting Carried Away", article in Variant magazine.
"Spectres of the Aesthetic", article in New Left Review,
co-written with John Roberts.
"Chill Out", article in Everything magazine.
chapter in "Art Has No History!", Verso
PEER REVIEW
review
of "Group Shows Are a Waste of Time", Catherine Grant,
Flash Art, October 2003, p54
review of Artranspennine03, Neil Mulholland, Frieze, Issue 79,
Nov/Dec 2003, p92
Aperto Manchester, article, Neil Mulholland, Flash Art, October
2003, p69-71
Review of Beagles and Ramsay, Artforum, October 2003
Chair of "Public?", a "sweatshop" panel discussion
at the Serpentine Gallery
"Vandals and Philistines", head-to-head talk with Nigel
Warburton at Tate Britain organised by Lisa Le Feuvre
Member of the Advisory Board for Article Press
Selection Panel for About Belief South London Gallery, London
David Lillington "small Gold Medal" review Art Monthly
254, pp37-8
Selection Panel for About Belief South London Gallery, London
David Lillington "small Gold Medal" review Art Monthly
254, pp37-8
Michael Bird review of "The Philistine Controversy"
Modern Painters, Autumn 2002, p164
Hywell Williams "Before We All Go Drab" The Guardian,
November 16th, 2002
Michael Sperlinger review of "The Philistine Controversy"
Radical Philosophy, November/December 2002
Matthew Collings, Art Crazy Nation, 21 Publishing, p206
JJ Charlesworth review "Watch Out For the Agoraphobics of
Mankind" solo show Art Monthly 235
JJ Charlesworth "The Art of the Third Way" Art Monthly
241, pp7-10
Julian Stallabrass "High Art Lite" Verso pp 72, 118-22
Mark Hutchinson Of Monsterology "Occupational Hazard"
Black Dog Publishing pp 142-169
Jay Bernstein "Against Voluptuous Bodies" New Left
Review, 225
Andrew Bowie "Confessions of a "New Aesthete"
New Left Review, 225
Malcolm Bull "The Ecstasy of Philistinism" New Left
Review, 219
Robert Garnett review "Thud Thud Thud" two person show
Art Monthly, 201
TEACHING
2000-present
University of Wolverhampton
Responsibilties: Subject Leader in Fine Art as Social Practice.
Leading modules in Fine Art as Social Pracise and Film and Video
as Fine Art; writing modules; delivering module content; assessment;
feedback; pastoral care; course development; research.
Senior Lecturer
Fine Art (Full Time)
1999-2001
Chelsea College of Art & Design
MA Fine Art
Responsibilties: tutorial group development; writing and delivering
the course-wide theory lecture series; studio work assessment
and feedback; written work monitoring, assessment and feedback;
pastoral care; course development; research
(visiting tutor)
Westminster
University
Responsibilties: writing and delivering the course-wide theory
lecture series; written work monitoring, assessment and feedback;
pastoral care; course development
BA Fine Art
(part time lecturer)
1995-2001
Educational Programmes Abroad
Modern European Art
Responsibilties: writing and delivering the Art History lecture
series; written work monitoring, assessment and feedback; course
development
1999,
94 & 95
Open University Summer School
A316: Modern Art Practices and Debates
Responsibilties: writing and delivering the Art History lecture
and seminar sessions; written and project work monitoring, assessment
and feedback
1998
& 92-95
Birkbeck Extra-Mural College
Introduction to Art History
Training: teaching mixed ability student groups; study time management
for classrooms; student centred teaching techniques.
Responsibilties: writing and delivering the Art History lecture
and seminar sessions; written work monitoring, assessment and
feedback
1995
London Guildhall University
Foundation Course
Responsibilties: writing and delivering the course-wide Art History
and Theory lecture series
London
College of Printing
Contemporary Art Theory Option
Responsibilties: writing and delivering the course-wide Art History
and Theory lecture series; written work monitoring, assessment
and feedback
1992-1994
Birkbeck College
BA and MA Art History
Responsibilties: writing and delivering the course-wide Art History
and Theory lecture series; written work monitoring, assessment
and feedback
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