Talk Report – Painting and the Post-Medium Condition

Short report on Derek Hampson and Peter Suchin’s talk on ‘Painting and the Post-Medium Condition’ hosted by Mik’s Front Room at Primary artists studios, Nottingham, May 20th, 2015. The talk focused on the concepts of ‘medium’ and ‘medium specificity’ as defined by Rosalind Krauss and Clement Greenberg. Derek Hampson outlined Greenberg’s concept of ‘medium specificity’ before talking about the concept of the ‘post-medium condition’ and Rosalind Krauss’s rejection of it. Peter Suchin expanded on this, referring to Walter Benjamin’s writings on photography as an expanded medium because of its implicit textual component. Peter also discussed Marcel Duchamp’s creation of new mediums in works such ‘The Large Glass’. There was a good audience for the talk, which was followed by a detailed discussion.

Project Talk Notice – Painting and the Post-Medium Condition

Peter Suchin

Derek Hampson

Project Talk
Peter Suchin and Derek Hampson
Wednesday 20 May, 19:00 – 21:00
Location: Primary, 33 Seely Road Nottingham NG7 1NU
Hosted by Mik’s Front Room
In the last of a series of dialogues from a range of speakers, held at locations across Nottingham, artist and Art Monthly writer Peter Suchin will discuss, with artist and Almshouse Tempera Project organiser Derek Hampson, their practices as painters in relation to their use of tempera paint for this project, as well as offering some thoughts on Rosalind Krauss’ notion of ‘the Post-Medium Condition’, as outlined in her Perpetual Inventory, MIT Press, 2010.