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Dr Marcus Moore BFA(Hons), PhD

Senior Lecturer

Doctoral Supervisor
School of Art

Marcus Moore is currently completing a book on a post-nationalist art history from 1965 to 2020. The research examines the legacy of the 1967 touring exhibition of works by the French/American Marcel Duchamp; the entangled histories of the Boîte-en-valise (‘portable museum’) at Te Papa Museum of New Zealand (1983, 1999, 2012, and 2017); and provides a new track through Aotearoa New Zealand art via the readymade work of art.

Professional

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) - University of Canterbury (2003)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - Victoria University (2012)

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Fine arts, visual and material culture studies, writing and creative practice, recent New Zealand art history, post-object art histories, the ready-made, the 20th century French/American artist Marcel Duchamp.

Marcus Moore is currently completing a book on a post-nationalist art history from 1965 to 2020. The research examines the legacy of the 1967 touring exhibition of works by the French/American Marcel Duchamp; the entangled histories of the Boîte-en-valise (‘portable museum’) at Te Papa Museum of New Zealand (1983, 1999, 2012, and 2017); and provides a new track through Aotearoa New Zealand art via the readymade work of art.

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Art History (190102): Art Theory and Criticism (190100): Studies In Creative Arts And Writing (190000): Visual Cultures (190104)

Research Projects

Completed Projects

Project Title: Peripheral Relations: Marcel Duchamp and New Zealand Art 1960-2011

Dr. Marcus Moore was invited guest curator for the Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand. In addition to Massey University Research Funding, this major exhibition received support from Victoria University of Wellington, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Christchurch Art Gallery and Auckland Art Gallery. The exhibition was based on Moore's research and showcased seldom-seen works by Duchamp held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, to document the little-known gift of his works as part of the Isaacs Bequest (1982), and it referenced the ground-breaking exhibition of the Sisler Collection of Duchamp's works that toured New Zealand in 1967 (a Collection Moore has researched in full, including its origins and its circulation from New York to London to Auckland). These actual instances of Duchamp 'in' New Zealand were set alongside three generations of New Zealand artists who register a debt to his example. The show brought together works by 29 artists. Marcus Moore's approach, which was evident in the selection and layout of the exhibition, was to explore how Marcel Duchamp's legacy can be read uniquely from a New Zealand perspective. http://www.adamartgallery.org.nz/past-exhibitions/peripheral-relations-marcel-duchamp-and-new-zealand-art-1960-2011
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Date Range: 2012 - 2012

Funding Body: Massey University

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Teaching and Supervision

Contact Supervisor

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Main Supervisor 2 1
Co-supervisor 0 3

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • Kexin Zhang - Doctor of Philosophy
    VISUALS AND INSTALLATIONS OF LIFE: MATERIAL, MEMORY, AND POLITICAL MONTAGE
  • Maryam Ghavipanjeh - Doctor of Philosophy
    Unveiled voices- a creative practice exploration of female artworks, self-portraits, and liberation in pre- and post-revolutionary Iran

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • 2022 - Malcolm Doidge - Doctor of Philosophy
    Inside Arcadia: An immersive virtual phantasmagoria

Co-supervisor of:

  • 2024 - Tanya Marriott - Doctor of Philosophy
    The Underfoot - an exploration into Eco-fiction character toy design.
  • 2021 - Liang Cui - Doctor of Philosophy
    Living with the Unassimilable
  • 2019 - Claire Hughes - Doctor of Philosophy
    Entanglement: An investigation into the effective union of contemporary art and science communication

Media and Links

Media

  • 01 Jan 2012 - Radio
    Curator's interview, Duchamp & NZ Art
    Interview with Lyn Freeman on my curated exhibition Peripheral Relations: Marcel Duchamp & New Zealand Art