Dr Andrew Chesher

Biography

Dr Andrew Chesher's research focuses on Neo-avantgarde and post-conceptual art practices with a special emphasis on phenomenology and critical theory. His essays include: ‘Phenomenology After Conceptual Art’ published in Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research (2018), ‘Reconfiguring the Lifeworld: Spatial Experience in the Universe of Technical Images’ in Time, Space and Mobility (2018), and ‘Desublimating the Gestalt: Towards an Archaeology of Robert Morris’s Anti Form’ in Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft (2021). He has given academic papers at international conferences in Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Belgium and various parts of the UK, most recently the paper ‘Broodthaers’ Pleasure of the Text: On Une Seconde d’Éternité’ at the conference ‘Marcel Broodthaers and Cinema’ at the Cinematek in Brussels (June 2022). He has also directed documentaries on modern music that have been screened in North America and Europe, including Knots and Fields: Darmstadt and the Legacies of Modernism (made with David Ryan) (2010) and Changing the System (on Christian Wolf) (2007).

Andrew gained his PhD from Chelsea College of Arts in 2007, where he is a senior lecturer in the Fine Art program. He also holds an MA in the Theory and History of Modern Art (Distinction) from Chelsea College of Arts and a BA (hons) in Fine Art (First Class) from Goldsmiths College, London.