Dr Daniel Neofetou
| Name | Dr Daniel Neofetou |
|---|---|
| Job title | Lecturer in Visual Cultures Design (Research) |
| Research institute | |
| Primary appointment | School of Design |
| Email address | D.Neofetou@mdx.ac.uk |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3483-3513 |
| Contact category | Academic staff |
Biography
Biography Daniel Neofetou is the author of the monographs Rereading Abstract Expressionism, Clement Greenberg and the Cold War (Bloomsbury, 2021), and Good Day Today: David Lynch Destabilises the Spectator (Zero Books, 2012). He has published widely in both the popular and academic press. With respect to the former, he has contributed to The Wire, Art Monthly, Artforum, Mute, and Flash Art. With respect to the latter, his research has appeared in Journal of Contemporary Painting, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Arts, Getty Research Journal and Philosophy & Social Criticism. As a filmmaker, Neofetou wrote and directed the 2024 short film Promulgate, which has achieved awards and nominations at several film festivals, including Venice Shorts, Luleå International Film Festival, and Milano Indie Movie Awards. Neofetou is also active in artistic curation and practice. He has organised shows and events at both institutional and independent spaces, including Divine Cargo, an evening of performance art at the South London Gallery in 2018; Get Out of My Office, a group show at AM Gallery, also in 2018; and Burgess Park Sculpture Garden in September 2023. From 2018 to 2022, he also co-organised Sector 7G, a series of avant-garde club events, at which he regularly performed. He maintains a close affiliation with Artists Self Publishers' Fair, where since 2019 he has presented an ongoing zine series entitled Painters Say the Funniest Things, co-authored with arts writer Lizzie Homersham. Other projects to which he has contributed include the 2020 experimental collaborative platform Free Cash Radio by artists Ruth Angel Edwards and Adam Gallagher, and the 2018-2020 touring publication-as-exhibition The Annotated Reader, curated by Ryan Gander. He achieved his PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London, for a thesis entitled 'Eyes in the Heat: The Question Concerning Abstract Expressionism,' initially under the supervision of Mark Fisher, and subsequently under the supervision of Josephine Berry and Marina Vishmidt.
Teaching Year 1 GDN1007 Creative Media and Cultures Year 2 GDN2300 Socially Responsible and Future-oriented Design
Education and qualifications
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Research outputs
The crisis of experience in the age of algorithmic attention
Neofetou, D. 2025. The crisis of experience in the age of algorithmic attention. London Conference in Critical Thought 2025. London, UK 20 - 21 Jun 2025Greenberg after Duchamp: post-modernism and the meaning of medium specificity
Neofetou, D. 2025. Greenberg after Duchamp: post-modernism and the meaning of medium specificity. Selva: A Journal of the History of Art. 6, pp. 105-121.Exhibition text for Jeremy Glogan's solo show "Leanings"
Neofetou, D. 2025. Exhibition text for Jeremy Glogan's solo show "Leanings".Notes on two paintings of Jeremy Corbyn
Neofetou, D. 2025. Notes on two paintings of Jeremy Corbyn.‘The Aesthetic Cold War: Decolonisation and Global Literature’ by Peter J Kalliney reviewed by Daniel Neofetou
Neofetou, D. 2025. ‘The Aesthetic Cold War: Decolonisation and Global Literature’ by Peter J Kalliney reviewed by Daniel Neofetou. Marx and Philosophy Review of Books.Callahan & Witscher
Neofetou, D. 2024. Callahan & Witscher. The Wire.Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom & Harun Morrison Dono, Somerset House Studios
Neofetou, D. 2024. Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom & Harun Morrison Dono, Somerset House Studios. The Wire.AI, automation and abstraction
Neofetou, D. 2024. AI, automation and abstraction. Association for Art History 2024 Annual Conference. Bristol, UK 03 - 05 Apr 2024Anna Kornbluh: Immediacy, or the Style of Too Late Capitalism [Book review]
Neofetou, D. 2024. Anna Kornbluh: Immediacy, or the Style of Too Late Capitalism [Book review]. Britannia Art Publications.Climate activism and ecological Leninism
Neofetou, D. 2023. Climate activism and ecological Leninism. Historical Materialism Twentieth Annual Conference: The Cost of Life Oppression, Exploitation and Struggle in the Time of Monsters. SOAS, London, UK 09 - 12 Nov 2023Niklas Taleb, Cell Project Space
Neofetou, D. 2023. Niklas Taleb, Cell Project Space. Artforum Media.Repetition and reification in the work of Theodor W. Adorno
Neofetou, D. 2023. Repetition and reification in the work of Theodor W. Adorno. London Conference in Critical Thought 2023. London Metropolitan University, London, UK 30 Jun - 01 Jul 2023Trisha Donnelly, Air de Paris | 43 rue de la Commune de Paris, May 26, 2023 - July 22, 2023
Neofetou, D. 2023. Trisha Donnelly, Air de Paris | 43 rue de la Commune de Paris, May 26, 2023 - July 22, 2023. Artforum Media.Cracks in the unity of theory and practice: the London Filmmakers Co-op in the 1970s
Neofetou, D. 2023. Cracks in the unity of theory and practice: the London Filmmakers Co-op in the 1970s. Going Nowhere? 1972, or Thereabouts. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 26 Apr 2023“SENSE: Beuys / Gormley: A conversation through drawing”, Thaddaeus Ropac | London | 37 Dover Street Ely House, January 19, 2023 - March 22, 2023
Neofetou, D. 2023. “SENSE: Beuys / Gormley: A conversation through drawing”, Thaddaeus Ropac | London | 37 Dover Street Ely House, January 19, 2023 - March 22, 2023. Artforum Media.The flesh of negation: Adorno and Merleau-Ponty contra Heidegger
Neofetou, D. 2023. The flesh of negation: Adorno and Merleau-Ponty contra Heidegger. Philosophy and Social Criticism. 49 (7), pp. 798-813. https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537211066852Max Stirner’s flesh: Eigenheit as aesthetics
Neofetou, D. 2022. Max Stirner’s flesh: Eigenheit as aesthetics. Historical Materialism Nineteenth Annual Conference: Facing the Abyss: An Epoch of Permanent War and Counterrevolution. SOAS, London, UK 10 - 13 Nov 2022A restaurant can be art, but can an artwork create community?
Neofetou, D. 2023. A restaurant can be art, but can an artwork create community? Vittles.Five propositions on Richard Parry [Press release]
Neofetou, D. 2023. Five propositions on Richard Parry [Press release]. Richard Parry Studio.Pavlensky’s grimace of power
Neofetou, D. 2022. Pavlensky’s grimace of power. in: Pavlensky, P. (ed.) Pornopolitics and Other Precedents London, UK MOTHER. pp. 68-71Silvia Kolbowski, Kunsthaus Glarus | Im Volksgarten, September 4, 2022 - November 27, 2022
Neofetou, D. 2022. Silvia Kolbowski, Kunsthaus Glarus | Im Volksgarten, September 4, 2022 - November 27, 2022. Artforum Media.Medium-specificity as determinate negation: why Greenberg was right in practice but (somewhat) wrong in theory
Neofetou, D. 2022. Medium-specificity as determinate negation: why Greenberg was right in practice but (somewhat) wrong in theory. Association for Art History 2022 Annual Conference. Online 06 - 08 Apr 2022Letter from the Hamptons
Neofetou, D. 2022. Letter from the Hamptons. Britannia Art Publications.Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation
Neofetou, D. 2022. Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation. Britannia Art Publications.Lifes, The Hammer Museum
Neofetou, D. 2022. Lifes, The Hammer Museum. The Wire.Rereading abstract expressionism, Clement Greenberg and the Cold War
Neofetou, D. 2021. Rereading abstract expressionism, Clement Greenberg and the Cold War. London, UK Bloomsbury Visual Arts.Boris Groys: Logic of the Collection [Book review]
Neofetou, D. 2021. Boris Groys: Logic of the Collection [Book review]. Britannia Art Publications.Letter from Mallorca
Neofetou, D. 2021. Letter from Mallorca. Britannia Art Publications.Political art criticism and the need for theory
Neofetou, D. 2021. Political art criticism and the need for theory. Arts. 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.3390/arts10010001Greenberg's Marxism: Clement Greenberg's unfinished essay draft on Andre Breton's "Political Position of Surrealism" (1935)
Neofetou, D. 2021. Greenberg's Marxism: Clement Greenberg's unfinished essay draft on Andre Breton's "Political Position of Surrealism" (1935). Getty Research Journal. 14 (1), pp. 205-219. https://doi.org/10.1086/716587Laughing and crying and dancing: the limits of human behavior in Swing Time (1936)
Neofetou, D. 2021. Laughing and crying and dancing: the limits of human behavior in Swing Time (1936). Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 38 (6), pp. 541-558. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509208.2020.1780901Futures of the Contemporary [Book review]
Neofetou, D. 2020. Futures of the Contemporary [Book review]. Britannia Art Publications.A world for us: on the prefiguration of reconciliation in Barnett Newman’s painting
Neofetou, D. 2019. A world for us: on the prefiguration of reconciliation in Barnett Newman’s painting. Journal of Contemporary Painting. 5 (1), pp. 147-161. https://doi.org/10.1386/jcp.5.1.147_1Josephine Berry: Art and (Bare) Life – A Biopolitical Inquiry [Book review]
Neofetou, D. 2019. Josephine Berry: Art and (Bare) Life – A Biopolitical Inquiry [Book review]. Britannia Art Publications.Oppose the Motion
Neofetou, D. 2019. Oppose the Motion. The Wire.Inventory: The Counsel of Spent [Book review]
Neofetou, D. 2018. Inventory: The Counsel of Spent [Book review]. Britannia Art Publications.Spool for love
Neofetou, D. 2018. Spool for love. The Wire.Divine Cargo
Neofetou, D. 2018. Divine Cargo. South London Gallery, London, UK 11 Aug 2018Art investigation: Forensic Architecture
Neofetou, D. 2018. Art investigation: Forensic Architecture. Britannia Art Publications.By the throat
Neofetou, D. 2018. By the throat. The Wire.Sue Tompkins + Tony Conrad, Film at Tate Britain
Neofetou, D. 2018. Sue Tompkins + Tony Conrad, Film at Tate Britain. The Wire.Grace Wales Bonner: A Time for New Dreams, Serpentine Galleries / London
Neofetou, D. 2018. Grace Wales Bonner: A Time for New Dreams, Serpentine Galleries / London. Giancarlo Politi Editore.Dean Blunt, Cubitt
Neofetou, D. 2016. Dean Blunt, Cubitt. The Wire.Rise of the Machines
Neofetou, D. 2016. Rise of the Machines. The Wire.Extremely impure ends: Clement Greenberg and United States imperialism
Neofetou, D. 2015. Extremely impure ends: Clement Greenberg and United States imperialism. Association for Art History 2015 Annual Conference. Norwich, UK 09 - 11 Apr 2015Matt Copson, Serpentine Galleries
Neofetou, D. 2016. Matt Copson, Serpentine Galleries. The Wire.Brief and wholly concrete moments
Neofetou, D. 2015. Brief and wholly concrete moments. Mute Publishing.Good Day Today: David Lynch destabilises the spectator
Neofetou, D. 2012. Good Day Today: David Lynch destabilises the spectator . Winchester, UK Zer0 Books.763
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