Research Catalogue

Barbara Bolt is a practising artist and art theorist and is Associate Dean at the Victorian College of Arts at the University of Melbourne. Her publications include two monographs Art Beyond Representation: The Performative Power of the Image (2004) and Heidegger Reframed: Interpreting Key Thinkers for the Arts (2011) and three co-edited publications, Carnal Knowledge: Towards a 'New Materialism' through the Arts (2012) with Estelle Barrett, Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry (2007) with Estelle Barrett and Sensorium: Aesthetics, Art, Life (2007) with Felicity Coleman, Graham Jones and Ashley Woodward. Her art practice, which spans twenty-five years investigates the material possibilities of painting and involves an intense dialogue with theory. Publications such as the DVD Neon Blue (2009), ‘Whose Joy?: Giotto, Yves Klein and Neon Blue’ (2011), ‘Rhythm and the Performative Power of the Index: Lessons from Kathleen Petyarre’s paintings’ (2006), ‘Shedding Light for the Matter’ (2000) and ‘Im/pulsive practices: Painting and the Logic of Sensation’ (1997) have emerged from the dialogue between theory and practice. She exhibits with Catherine Asquith Gallery in Melbourne. Website http://www.barbbolt.com/