Assoc Prof Robert Nelson - Researcher Profile

Biography

Robert works in the Office of the DVC (Education) at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

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Research & Supervision Interests

History of ideas, Philology, Art criticism, Architectural criticism, Social criticism, Studio art

Keywords

History of ideas, Criticism, Ecology, Ethics

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: La Trobe University

Year awarded: 1988

Publications

Books

Nelson, R., 2010, Moral Sustainability and Cycling: An Ecology of Ambition for a Hyperactive Planet, Ellikon, Fitzroy Vic.

Nelson, R., 2010, The Visual Language of Painting: An Aesthetic Analysis of Representational Technique, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., 2009, The Jealousy of Ideas: Research Methods in the Creative Arts, Ellikon, Fitzroy, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., 2007, The Spirit of Secular Art: A History of the Sacramental Roots of Contemporary Artistic Values, Monash University ePress, Clayton Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Nelson, R.H., 2007, Social cohesion and cultural fragility: a paradox of indigenous rapports with Eurasian Australia, in Social Cohesion in Australia, eds James Jupp, John Nieuwenhuysen, Emma Dawson, Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, Vic, pp. 103-113.

Nelson, R.H., 2000, The End of Drawing, in Tegningens Semiotic, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen Denmark, pp. 11-25.

Nelson, R.H., 2000, Ways of Freeing: Liberation of the Moral and the Aesthetic in John Berger, in What John Berger Saw, eds NIkos Papastergiadis, An ANU Canberra School of Art Gallery Publication, ACT Australia, pp. 47-53.

Nelson, R., 1998, Byline:craft & text, in The Art of Criticism, Craftsouth, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 6-7.

Journal Articles

Nelson, R., 2011, Toward a history of rigour. An examination of the nasty side of scholarship, Arts & Humanities in Higher Education [P], vol 10, issue 4, Sage, London UK, pp. 374-387.

Nelson, R., 2010, Naked Fear: A New Chapter in the History of Anxiety, antiTHESIS [P], vol 20, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 73-90.

Nelson, R.H., 2008, Educating the Computer in Art: How to Realise Subjectivity in Electronic Resources, Australian Art Education [P], vol 31, issue 2, Art Education Australia, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 64-73.

Nelson, R.H., 2007, Aboriginal Art - A Sacred Black Cow?, Arena [P], vol 0, issue 90, Arena Publications, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 39-40.

Nelson, R., 1999, Modernism's history, Art and Australia, vol 37 2, Fine Arts Press Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 312.

Nelson, R., 1999, Riding on the edge - Art, identity and the motorcycle, Artlink, vol 19 2, Artlink Australia, Henley Beach SA, pp. 87-88.

Nelson, R., 1999, Signs of Life: Melbourne International Biennial, Artlink, vol 19 3, Artlink Australia, Henley Beach SA, p. 76.

Nelson, R., 1998, Accentuating the positive, The Australian Review of Books, vol 1, Nationwide News Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW Australia.

Nelson, R., 1998, First choice: leading international designers select the best of their own work, Art Monthly, vol no 109, Art Monthly Australia Pty Ltd, Canberra ACT Australia.

Nelson, R., 1998, Lyndell Brown - Charles Green, Southern Reflections, vol 1, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney NSW Australia.

Nelson, R., 1998, Myth Making, Australian Book Review, vol april, 1998, The Australian Newspaper, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 20-21.

Nelson, R., 1997, Limits to Largesse, Arena Magazine, vol 28, Arena Printing & Publishing, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 44-45.

Nelson, R., 1997, Post-mortem:Farrell & Parkin, Art link, vol 17, Art link, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 36-39.

Conference Proceedings

Nelson, R.H., 2009, Toward a history of subjectivity: a call for the deconstruction of rigour, Art.Media.Design Writing Intersections Conference, Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran, Vic, pp. 78-87.

Nelson, R.H., 2008, Holy Topographies: Aboriginal Art from the Desert Regions and Its Spiritual Relation to Western Perceptual Painting, Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration and Convergence: The Proceedings of the 32nd International Congress in the History of Art, 13-18 January, Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration and Convergence: The Proceedings of the 32nd International Ct, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 375-379.

Nelson, R.H., 2007, Play and convey rationale and methodology for a computer game in art & design history, ConnectEd: International Conference on Design Education Sydney 2007, 9-12 July, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, pp. 1-4.

Nelson, R.H., 2006, From welfare to world fair - encouraging Indigenous creativity through the workshop, Backing Our Creativity: Research - Policy - Practice, Symposium Proceedings, 12 September 2005 to 14 September 2005, Australia Council for the Arts, Surrey Hills NSW Australia, pp. 179-184.

Nelson, R.H., Roberts, J.D., McDean, M., 2006, Shifting the paradigm: collaborative learning for the development of sustainable Aboriginal art practices in South East Victoria - a community-based action research project, Publication of the Conference Papers ACUADS 2006, 27 September 2006 to 29 September 2006, ACUADS (Australian Council of University Art & Design Schools), Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-7.

Nelson, R.H., 2005, Design and morals in the globalized context, Futureground, 17 November 2004 to 21 Novmeber 2004, Monash Univeristy, Faculty of Art & Design, Caulfield East Vic Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2005, Methodology for the design of electric bicycles: How the handle the impact of Contemporary media and fashion on bicycle use, Taipei, International design Congress.

Nelson, R.H., 2004, Doctoralness in the balance: the agonies of scholarly writing in studio, a visual investigation, Illuminating the exegesis, Ballarat University, published in Text, Vic Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2004, Pressure on the poetic: the politics of the next reverie in the studio, ACUADS Annual Conference, Australian National University, Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2003, Less Than Collaborative: Scene painting & Paradoxes of the Background, a Visual Investigation, ACUADS Annual Conference, 01/10/03 - 04/10/03, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tas Australia, pp. 1-9.

Nelson, R.H., 2002, Art and inquiry: modes and codes of the making and researching, Innovation, arts media design: a national symposium, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 11.

Nelson, R.H., 2001, Ten days on the Island, Conference on Craft, Salamanca Art Centre, Hobart Tas Australia.

Other

Nelson, R., 2010, Series of articles in 'The Age' 2010, The Age, Fairfax Media Limited, Melbourne, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., 2009, Series of Articles in The Age 2009, The Age, Fairfax Publishing, Melbourne, Vic.

Janet, J.M., Nelson, R.H., Miles, M.K., 2008, ARTEMIS (Art Educational Multiplayer Interactive Space), Research Report, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide SA, pp. 14-17.

Nelson, R.H., 2008, Series of Articles in The Age 2008, The Age, Fairfax Publishing, Melbourne, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., 2007, Series of Articles in The Age 2007, The Age, Fairfax Publishing, Melbourne, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., 2006, Series of Articles in The Age 2006, The Age, Fairfax Publishing, Melbourne, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., 2005, A cluster of critical appraisals of photography, The Age, Fairfax Publications, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2005, Heon Gook Lee and the phenomenology of the vessel, article in magazine, KOREA, pp. 50-52.

Nelson, R.H., 2005, Series of Articles in The Age 2005, The Age, Fairfax Publishing, Melbourne, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., 2004, Elegies on a high plateau: the photographs of Stephen Wickham, Catalogue Essay, Deakin University, Vic Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2004, Series of Articles in The Age 2004, The Age, Fairfax Publishing, Melbourne, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., Lewens, C., Miles, E., Xeros-Constantinides, S.S., 2004, Suck: voices from the interior, Maroondah Art Gallery, Greenwood Avenue Ringwood Vic 3134, 26 August 2004 to 25 September 2005.

Nelson, R.H., 2004, The Carnal Transfigured: New Tableaux Vivants of Farrell & Parkin, catalogue essay, ARC one Gallery, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2003, 2nd Sight: Australian Photography in the National Gallery of Victoria (book Review of Isobel Crombie and Susan van Wyk), Photofile, vol minorjourn, CCP, Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2003, All about the island, catalogue essay, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport.

Nelson, R.H., 2003, Lurking in the image: Observation in the taciturn dude in the photography of Mark Kimber, Catalogue essay, Stills Gallery and Galeria Espacio Minimo, Sydney and madrid.

Nelson, R.H., 2003, Mary Tonkin and the Onus of Perception, Catalogue Essay, Australian Galleries, Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2003, Series of Articles in The Age 2003, The Age, Fairfax Publishing, Melbourne, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., 2002, 2002 Central Goldfields Sculpture Prize and Exhibition, Catalogue essay, Central Goldfields Art Gallery, Maryborough Vic Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2002, Crate, Baillieu Library, Melbourne VIC Australia, 01 September 2002 to 31 October 2002.

Papapetrou, P., Nelson, R.H., 2002, Noxious Laughing Gas, VCA Gallery, Southbank VIC Australia, 26 June 2002 to 5 July 2002.

Nelson, R.H., 2002, Regional Advantage, Conference presentation, ACUADS, Brisbane Qld Australia, 3-5 October 2002.

Nelson, R.H., 2002, Series of Articles in The Age 2002, The Age, Fairfax Publishing, Melbourne, Vic.

Nelson, R.H., 2002, The Wit of the Wobble: Len Lye and the Metaphysics of Electricity, Senses of Cinema, lasted accessed June 2006.

Nelson, R.H., 2002, Toward A Seemlier Temple: A Case Study In Cultural Mischief Surrounding 'The Italians', Conference Paper, Art Association of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney NSW Australia, 6-7 December 2002, pp. 1-6.

Nelson, R.H., 2001, Habitats of Speech, catalogue essay, Herring Island, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2001, Out of the Ordinary: the paintings of Anurendra Jegadeva, Catalogue essay, Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 2-4.

Nelson, R., 2001, Pacifier: An Exhibition of Paintings by Robert Nelson, Platform, Melbourne VIC Australia, 14 May 2001 to 14 June 2001.

Nelson, R.H., 2001, Pose-Impose, Catalogue essay, Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington NSW Australia, pp. 8-10.

Nelson, R.H., 2001, So Which Freud Did You See?, Theory & Criticism in Journals, Art Monthly Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, no. 140 June 2001, pp. 26-28.

Nelson, R.H., 2001, Toy Power, Gabriel Gallery, Footscray VIC Australia, 17/05/2001 to 30/06/2001.

Nelson, R.H., 2000, Dancing Made A Man out of Me, Catalogue Essay, Monash University, Churchill Vic Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2000, Hardy& Strong: Domestic Gods, Journal Article, Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington NSW Australia, vol, 59 April 2000, p. 55.

Nelson, R.H., 2000, Pose - Impose, Catalogue Essay for Authority 2000, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy Vic Australia.

Nelson, R.H., 2000, Slurpy, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Churchill Vic Australia, 18 - 27 July 2000.

Nelson, R., 1999, Divagations upon an art academy, SpaceTime, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Nelson, R., 1999, Dr Veda Chang, Westpac Gallery, Wespac Gallery, Melbourne Vic Australia, 5/10/99 - 17/11/00.

Nelson, R., 1999, Electrolyre, Poem, Snakeskin, Website Snakeskin.

Nelson, R., 1999, Gordon Binnett and the deterritorialization of design, Gordon Binnett, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Nelson, R., 1999, Lines on the Biennial, Quick Responses: nine commentaries on the 1999 Melbourne International Biennial, Essay in ACCA-Like Art. Magazine occasional publication, ACCA-Like Art, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Nelson, R., 1999, Ode to a toilet, Poem, Snakeskin, Website Snakeskin.

Nelson, R., 1999, On Solomon's Birth, Poem, Snakeskin, Website Snakeskin.

Nelson, R., 1999, Secular Angel, Stripp Gallery, Stripp Gallery, Melbourne Vic Australia, 3/3-13/3/99.

Nelson, R., 1998, Accentuating the Postive, The Australian's Review of Books, Nationwide News Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW Australia.

Nelson, R., 1998, Preggo, Switchback Gallery, Switchback Gallery, Churchhill Vic Australia, 16 March 1999.

Nelson, R., 1997, Criticism & Impotence, Art Monthly Australia.

Nelson, R., 1997, From dags to riches, Art Monthly Australia.

Nelson, R., 1997, Resistance & Supremacy, Art Monthly Australia.

Nelson, R., 1997, Why don't people buy art?, Art Monthly Australia.

Nelson, R., Papapetrou, P., 1997, Workstation, 27 Jan-27 Feb 1997, Workstation, Melbourne Vic Australia, Platform, Spencer Street Station.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Between shadow & memory: pictorial space and passing time.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Bimanual coordination drawing (BCD) and its application to art therapy.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The once and future use of art.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Wiradjuri meaning in a traditional and contemporary context.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Ainslie, L.

Program of Study:

Shelf Life. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Heng, E (Main), Durre, C (Associate), Nelson, R (Associate).

Student:

Baxter, P.

Program of Study:

Using Images Based on European and Chinese Modes of Representation from the 18th Century and Early Modernism. (Masters) 2001.

Supervisors:

Durre, C (Main), Nelson, R (Associate).

Student:

Brix, W.

Program of Study:

Nostalgia and the art of displacement. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Student:

Bruton, J.

Program of Study:

Poetic visual interplay: painting, artists' books and digital media. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main), Headley, C (Joint).

Student:

Burgemeestre, L.

Program of Study:

Other Colours: Communicating with Colours in a Multicultural Society, A Studio Investigation. (Masters) 2002.

Supervisors:

Kennedy, R (Joint), Nelson, R (Joint-Co).

Student:

Chen, A.

Program of Study:

ART AND SOCIAL DISLOCATION: A CHINESE DIASPORIC CONDITION. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Joint-Co), Wollmering, D (Joint).

Student:

Dober, M.

Program of Study:

PLEIN-AIR LANDSCAPE PAINTING AND ITS MEANINGS. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main), Smith, K (Associate).

Student:

Hanning, A.

Program of Study:

Phantasmagorical dreams and desires. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Forbes, R (Joint), Nelson, R (Joint-Co).

Student:

Harris, J.

Program of Study:

A studio investigation of transcription for the formal development of figure painting. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Student:

Hodgeman, G.

Program of Study:

Re-presenting the language of painting through the gift: an insight into give and take in contemporary art. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Student:

Honeywill, G.

Program of Study:

COLOURS OF THE KITCHEN CABINET. (PHD) 2003.

Supervisors:

Heng, E (Main), Nelson, R (Joint).

Student:

Jegadeva, A.

Program of Study:

Personal Circumstance, Political Persuasions: A Studio Investigation into the Migrant Experience of a Malaysian Living in Australia. (Masters) 2002.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Joint-Co), Smith, K (Joint).

Student:

Jordan, T.

Program of Study:

Once upon a time? Re-designing the traditional tale: exploring the boundaries and opportunities of contemporary folk tale adaptations in film and assocaited media. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Student:

Marcus, D.

Program of Study:

Object of memory: material of modernism. A studio investigation with reused aluminium domestic objects. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Jones-O''Neill, J (Joint), Nelson, R (Joint-Co).

Student:

Martin, A.

Program of Study:

Towards a synthetic analysis of film style. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Student:

Miller, L.

Program of Study:

The enigma of the visible: subjective phenomenologies of a perceptual studio research project. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main), Dupree, G (Associate).

Student:

Moeller, V.

Program of Study:

DIZZYLAND: a studio exploration of biological hybridity and hypothetical life forms. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Joint-Co), Wollmering, D (Joint).

Student:

Naylor, S.

Program of Study:

Australian contemporary visual arts from the outside in. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main), Stocks, B (Joint).

Student:

Swinn, G.

Program of Study:

The uncertainty of rain: anticipation, memory and meaning in images of objects and spaces. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Student:

Vale, M.

Program of Study:

Le chien qui fume: a smokey life. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main), Heng, E (Associate).

Student:

Wilson, A.

Program of Study:

Memory imagination and motion: an exploration into the subjective experience in studio practice. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main).

Student:

Zimmerman, R.

Program of Study:

Immateriality and abstract art. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Nelson, R (Main), Rigby, C (Associate).