Dr Alistair Rider

Senior Lecturer in Art History

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 2372
Email: ajr1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

My research area is twentieth-century North American and European art, with an emphasis on sculpture and environmental agendas. I am the author of two monographs, one on Carl Andre (1935-2024) and one on James Howell (1935-2014).

I am active in environmental humanities research networks at the University, and much of my teaching and writing pursues an ecological and materialist perspective on history. I am currently looking at the materials that appear in certain late-twentieth century sculptures and asking what they tell us about the global flow of goods and resources.

I also have a research interest in durational art practices, and in art projects of any nature that don't have an obvious end point. This is a study in how 'living' is given form in late modernist art, and also in demonstrating how the social and the collective are always present in artistic creation, irrespective of how individualistic it appears.

If you are interested in studying for a doctoral dissertation in any field that might relate to these themes, then I would be pleased to hear from you.

PhD supervision

Lien Leung

Selected publications

The longevity of Roman Opalka
Rider, A., 1 Sept 2016, In: Art History. 39, 4, p. 820-839 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
'We fragile humans': Rubinoff, witnessing and the sculptural encounter
Rider, A., Sept 2016, The Art of Jeffrey Rubinoff. Fox, J. (ed.). Douglas & McIntyre, p. 75-92
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Carl Andre in his time
Rider, A., 15 Sept 2015, Carl Andre in his Time. New York: Mnuchin Gallery, p. 7-14 8 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access
The concreteness of concrete art
Rider, A., 2015, In: Parallax. 21, 3, p. 340-352
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On Kawara: New York
Rider, A., Jun 2015, Burlington Magazine, CLVII, p. 439-440 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
Open access
The routine art
Rider, A., 19 Apr 2016, Specialism. Blamey, D. (ed.). London: Open Editions, p. 100-110 10 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Open access
The skin is a screen
Rider, A., Mar 2016, Diana Al-Hadid: Phantom Limb. Alison, M. (ed.). Abu Dhabi: NYUAD Gallery
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Carl Andre's Poetry and the Mapping of Media
Rider, A., 2012, In: Word & Image. 28, 4, p. 397-408 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Manfred Mohr: Scripted Variations
Rider, A., 16 Nov 2012, Manfred Mohr: one and zero. London: Carroll / Fletcher, p. 50-57 7 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Carl Andre: Things in their Elements
Rider, A., 15 May 2011, London: Phaidon Press. 272 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book

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