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suhail malik
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s[dot]malik[AT]gold[DOT]ac[DOT]uk
present appointment
Course Leader, Postgraduate Fine Art Critical Studies, Goldsmiths
research interests
Contemporary art, modern Art, the political economy of critical art, sovereignty and domination,
critiques of liberal democracy, finance capital
My initial research was on the theme of invention in contemporary European philosophy and
critical theory. This line of inquiry led to an examination of new media and digitisation which in turn
generated three strands of research: first, an examination of technics in relation to human
experience and thought; second, examination of particular artpractices in a variety of media; third,
consideration of the conditions of critique and violence in contemporary democratic societies. This
latter dimension has recently become the focus my research interests and I am currently working
on a book examining the challenge to received notion of critique presented by contemporary
manifestations of dominating power, primarily that of the US.
selected public output
forthcoming
'The Blank Ambivalence of the Miraculous in the Chapman Brothers' Art', in The Art of the
Chapman Brothers , ed. Chris Townsend, Thames and Hudson
2007
publications
'Art – Critique – Capital', in The Showroom Annual 2005/6, ed. Bridget Crone and Kirsty Ogg, The
Showroom, 2007, pp.38-43
talks
Discussion Panel (with Andrea Phillips and Steve Klee) on Aernout Mik: Solo Exhibition, Camden
Arts Centre, London
'New Money', Discussion Panel (with Hans Abbing, Maria Lind, Jamie Stapleton) for Rotterdam
Dialogues: The Periphery Complex , Witte de With (in conjunction with Art Rotterdam), Witte de
With, Rotterdam
'Method Without Discipline', at Inventing Methodologies 2: An interdisciplinary workshop on
postgraduate practice-based research , organized by Research Unit for Contemporary Art
Practice, Department of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths, February 2007
2006
publications
Editor of 'The War in Iraq and Visual Culture', Special Section in Journal of Visual Culture, 5:1,
Sage, April, pp81-118
'Introduction' and 'Fucking Straight Death Metal' in Special Section on 'The War in Iraq and Visual
Culture' in Journal of Visual Culture, 5:1, April, London: Sage, pp. 107-12
'On the Composstibility of Painting', in Nigel Cooke: Paintings 2001-2006, Koening Books,
pp22-32
'What is New About "New Moderns"?', in The Showroom Annual 2004/5, ed. Bridget Crone and
Kirsty Ogg, The Showroom, pp.52-55
'Art – Power', Catalogue Essay (with Korean translation) for Dang-in-ri Art Factory – Proposal for
Dang-in-ri Power Station , Seoul, Korea, December 2006 – January 2007, pp91-94
'The Infinity Pool Contradiction – A Conversation', Interview with Ian Monroe (with German
translation), for All Possibilities are Visible but Unknown, Solo Show by Ian Monroe, upstairsberlin,
Berlin, November – December
'The Recent Spirit of New Art in London', Catalogue Essay (with Mandarin translation), for
Metropolis Rise: New Art in London , Curated by Anthony Gross and Jen Wu, CQL Design Center,
Shanghai, China, April - May, Article Press [pp.21-25]
'Security, Territory, Profit', Catalogue Essay, Catalogue Essay, for Little Private Governments,
Group Show curated by Amanda Beech and Matthew Poole, University Gallery, University of
Essex, February – March 2006 [ISBN: 1 9040 5941 4, 10 pages (unpaginated)]
'Information and Knowledge' [reprint of 'Information and Knoweldge' in Theory, Culture, Society,
22:1, 2005], in Inventive Life: Approaches to the New Vitalism, ed. Mariam Fraser, Sarah Kember
and Celia Lury, Sage, pp.29-49
'Global Sovereignty', in Theory, Culture, Society: Special Issue on Problematising Global
Knowledge , 23:2-3, March – May, ed. Couze Venn et al, Sage, pp.512-17
TALKS
'We, All of Whom are Sovereign: Towards a Critique of Democracy' (with Andrea Phillips), at The
Society for European Philosophy/Forum for European Philosophy Conference , University of
Dundee, Dundee, September 2006
'Nigel Cooke: Adventures in Representation', talk for Focus: Nigel Cooke, Solo Show at The
Modern, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, October
Research Day with Jacques Rancière, Art, Politics: Aesthetics, Goldsmiths, London, October
Panel Discussion on Coco Fusco's performance A Room of One's Own: Women and Power in the
new America, with Coco Fusco, Shami Chakravarty and Marquard Smith, Victoria and Albert
Museum, London, June
Panel Discussion of Modern Lovers (Curated by Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Three Colts Gallery,
London), with Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Matthew Poole, Amanda Beech, Tom Morton, Goldsmiths
College, London, June
'Law, Democracy and Contemporary Art: Agamben's Exception and Rancière's Singularity' (with
Andrea Phillips), 'Political Currency of Art' Research Group Seminar, Goldsmiths College, London,
June
'Modern Legacies', 'Sweatshop' Discussion on Ellsworth Kelly: Solo Exhibition, with Edgar Schmitz
and Daniel Sturgis, Serpentine Gallery, London, March
2005
PUBLICATIONS
'Information and Knowledge', in Theory, Culture and Society Special Issue on: Inventive Life:
Approaches to a New Vitalism , 22:1, pp.29-49
'From the Sublime to the Ridiculous', Catalogue Essay (with Portugese translation), for
Mushrooms in the Rrain, Solo Exhibition by Gerard Hemsworth, Galarie Brito Cimino, Sao Paulo
(pp42-47), 2005 [reprint in new translation of 'From the Sublime to the Ridiculous' (2002)]
TALKS
'How to Fight the Law of the Body' (with German translation) in Objekte und Installationen von
Kathrin Rabenot , pp.34-37
'Critics Choice', Panel Discussion for Pilot::2 – International Art Forum, London, October
'Should I Stay Or Should I Go: Art Schools and the Marketplace', Panel Discussion for Scope Art
Fair , London, October
Chair and co-organiser 'TimePop 2: Video Showreel of Goldsmiths Postgraduate Students' Video
Work', ArtProjex in association with Goldsmiths College, Prince Charles Cinema, London, June
2004
CURATORSHIPS
Contrapop at Vamialis, Athens, Greece, November – January (participating artists: Caroline
Achaintre, Matt Franks, Jo Mitchell, Ian Monroe, Seb Patane, Daneil Pflumm, Toby Ziegler)
Gewalt , at Loushy Art and Editions, Tel Aviv, Israel, February – March (participating artists: Reza
Aramesh, Diann Bauer, Amanda Beech, Aya Ben Ron, Candice Breitz, Jake & Dinos Chapman,
Nigel Cooke, David Falconer, Gunther Herbst)
PUBLICATIONS
Editor of Gewalt Catalogue for 'Gewalt' at Loushy Art and Editions, Tel Aviv, Israel, February –
March 2004
'Paper – Democracy – Print' (w/ Portugese translation) for Paper Democracy: Contemporary Art in
Editions on Paper (curated by Gerard Hemsworth, British Centre Sao Paulo, September-
December 2004), Cultura Inglesa, Sao Paulo, Brazil, pp.6-11
Co-editor of Sandwich: A series of discursive pamphlets, London, 2004-
1: Aya Ben Ron, Nigel Cooke, Alison Gill, Luciana Parisi, Autumn 2004
'Intimacy Contra Art' (with Italian translation), for Prototipi.03, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome,
November
'I'm Lovin' It', Catalogue Essay for Secrets –The Spectacle Within (curated by Suhasini Kejriwal
and Dr. Alka Pande), British Council Gallery, New Dehli, India, March
TALKS
Organiser and Chair of Painting, Specifically, Symposium (with Glenn Brown, John Chilver, Nigel
Cooke, Jane Harris and Mike Stubbs) at The Serpentine Gallery, London
'Beyond the Magic of Technology', Lecture at the Israeli Centre of Digital Arts, Holon, Israel
Seminar on 'Art's Violence' at Bezalel Academy of Fine Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, February
Chair and co-organiser 'TimePop: Video Showreel of Goldsmiths Postgraduate Students' Video
Work', ArtProjex in association with Goldsmiths College, Prince Charles Cinema, London, May
Panel member, Grit in the Oyster Conference: An International Conference Focusing on
Creativity, Learning and Teaching , Goldsmiths College, London
2003
PUBLICATIONS
'Flower Power', for Hanging: Work by Aya Ben Ron, at the Israeli Centre of Digital Art. Holon,
Israel, 2003
'Painting Per Se' (co-authored with Gerard Hemsworth), Catalogue Essay (with Portugese
translation), for Painting Per Se Exhibition, Galeria Andre Milan, Sao Paulo, June-July 2003, and
Galeria Oscar Cruz, Rio de Janerio, August 2003 [ISBN: 85 88116-12-X, pp.6-9]
TALKS
Response to Brian Massumi, Life's (re-)Emergence Conference, Organised by Centre of Cultural
Studies, Goldsmiths College, May
Plenary Response, Symbolic Versus Real Conference, organized by Re: Public Art network and
Dept. of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths College, at Limehouse Town Hall, February
Public talk 'The Future of Contemporary Painting', part of Painting Per Se Exhibition, Galerie
Andre Milan, Sao Paulo, Brazil, June
2002
PUBLICATIONS
'Painting as Contemporary Art', Catalogue Essay (w/ Portuguese translation) for Painting as a
Foreign Language (curated by Gerard Hemsworth, British Centre Sao Paulo, March-April), Cultura
Inglesa, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2002, pp.8-17
'The Foreign, Now: The Foreign Now', in Sidewinder (curated by Gerard Hemsworth, December –
February, CIMA Gallery, Calcutta; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Coomaraswamy Hall, Prince of
Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay), CIMA Gallery Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta, India, pp.15-27
'From the Ridiculous to the Sublime' (w/ Portuguese translation), for Gerard Hemsworth Solo
Exhibition , Thomas Cohn Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October
'Between Bodies Without Organs and Machines Without Desire: Deleuze-Guattari's Elision of
Prosthetic Actuality', in New Formations: The Prosthetic Aesthetic, ed. M. Smith & J.Morra, 46,
Spring, pp.34-47
'Why Contemporary Art Is So Disappointing', for Belief Exhibition at South London Gallery
(curated by the MA in Creative Curating, Goldsmiths College), July-August, London
TALKS
'Force and Form: Digital Architecture, Process Art and Hylomorphism' for session on
'Contemporary Art and the Matters of Science' (convened by Peg Rawes), at the 28th Association
of Art Historians Conference , University of Liverpool, April
'No More Art' with Jake Chapman, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, May
Seminar on 'Painting as a Foreign Language', MoCA, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, March
Gallery Talk on Keith Tyson 'SuperCollider', South London Gallery, London, February
2001
PUBLICATIONS
Editor of Sidewinder Catalogue for 'Sidewinder' touring Exhibition, CIMA (Calcutta), India Habitat
Centre (New Delhi), Coomaraswamy Hall, Prince of Wales Museum of Western India (Bombay),
December 2001 - March 2002]
'BodyPopping', Catalogue Essay (w/ German translation) for SPY, Group Show curated by
Thomas Grünfeld (with Gary Hume and Andreas Schulze), Monika Sprüth Gallery, Köln, October-
November 2001 [ISBN: n/a, pp.28-31]
'Whatever Happened to the Cyborg Manifesto? - The Cyborg Fifteen Years On, Five Complaints',
in Mute (Digital Art Critique) 20, July, pp.10-11
TALKS
'Nietzsche and Vitalism', for Nietzsche and Science, Annual Conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche
Society of Great Britain, Cambridge, September 2001
2000
PUBLICATIONS
Co-editor (with Gary Banham) of 'Teleologies - Scientific, Technical, Critical', Special Issue of
Tekhnema: Journal of Philosophy and Technology , 2000
'Machines and Fabrication: Organization and the Motive-Formative Difference', in Tekhnema 6,
pp.128-166
'Introduction' (with Gary Banham), Tekhnema 6: Teleologies - Scientific, Technical, Critical, 2000,
pp.4-13
Co-editor (with Charles Campbell) of Front, Book of bilis 2000, bilis/don projects, 2000
'The Pathological Culture of the Cyborg' in Front, bilis/don projects, pp.115-138
'Nihilism and Life: Cosmobiology and Ontopoiesis in Heidegger's Nietzsche' in Nihilism Now!
Monsters of Energy , ed. K. Ansell Pearson & D. Morgan, Macmillan, pp.86-116
'Freud's Metapsychology of the Drives and the Transmutation of Death' in The Limits of Death:
Between Philosophy and Psychonanalysis, ed. M. Smith, J. Morra & M. Robson, Manchester
University Press, pp.106-129
'Notes on the Pedagogical Pragmatics of Art School Activities', in Drawing Fire: The Journal of the
National Association of Fine At Education , 2:5, pp.16-21
TALKS
'Discipline and Contingency', Keynote Address on Art Education for Visual Art, Visual Culture,
AICA 2000, Tate Modern, London, September
Seminar on Artists' Spaces and Urban Development, Assembly: A Collaboration between
Goldsmiths and RCA students , Stepney City Development, London, Spetember
1999 and before
'Tekhné is Fond of Túkhé, and Túkhé of Tekhné: Energy and Aristotle's Ontology' in Tekhnema
5, 1999, pp.124-153
Organising and chairing of Research Workshop on Criticality and Commodification: New
Dimensions , Dept. of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths College, Sept 1999
Co-organiser of Research Workshop on After the Body: Pornography and 70s Feminism, Dept. of
Visual Arts, Goldsmiths College, March 1999
'Digital Presentation, Art and the Supersensible' in Art Criticism Theory, Winter/Spring 1997/98,
pp.34-50
'Digitisation and Heterogeneity', Plenary Session for Art & Technology: In the Age of
Information Conference, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, July 1998
'Light Memories: Modernity, Photography and Mass Production', in Mute, Summer, 1997, pp.
54-57
'Is the Internet a Rhizome? Cyberspace and the Deleuze-Guattari Machine' in Mute, Spring,
1997, p.14]
'Why There Can Not Be a Post-Photography' for Slipstream—The 6th National Photography
Conference, The Racecourse, York, November 1997
'Différantial Technics' in Imprimatur 1:2, Spring 1996, pp.200-203
'Is Cyberspace Postmodern?' in Mute, Autumn, 1996, p.15
'The Immateriality of the Signifier: The Flash and the Innocence of Michael Jackson' in Mute,
Winter, 1994, p.1-2
'Bordering on Living: Death in Hegel's Self-Stricture' in The Oxford Literary Review Vol.14, 1992,
pp.71-105
Phd's supervised to completion
Amanda Beech
John Chilver
Nigel Cooke
Jasper Joseph-Lester
John Reardon
Michael Stubbs
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