John Hatch

 

Dr. John Hatch, Associate Professor (Art History and Theory), Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Essex, 1995
M.A., Queen’s University, 1989
B.F.A., Concordia University, 1987
B.A., Concordia University, 1982

John Hatch’s research explores 20th-century European and American art and theory, with a special focus on the influence of the physical sciences on modern art. He has also of late turned his attention to modern design. Recent publications include a book on the Canadian painter Paterson Ewen (2018), as well as the following articles: “East Meets West: Shi Zhiying’s Picturing of Italo Calvino’s Mr. Palomar” (2017), “The Story Behind Asteroid 14060 Patersonewen” (2015), “Wrestling Proteus: The Role of Science in Modern Art and Architecture’s New Images of Nature” (2014), “A Sense and Essence of Nature: Wave Patterns in the Paintings of František Kupka” (2013), and “Seeing and Seen: Acts of the Voyeur in the Works of Francis Bacon.” (2012) Dr. Hatch is now working on a monograph on the Japanese-Canadian painter Kazuo Nakamura, and researching the impact of Relativity Theory on the sculptures of Naum Gabo, and models of biological evolution on the paintings and architectural designs of Le Corbusier.

Awards, Grants and Honours

2019, SSHRC Explore Grant, University of Western Ontario.
2015, Faculty of Arts & Humanities Dean's Travel/Research Grant, University of Western Ontario.
2009, SSHRC Travel Grant, University of Western Ontario.
2007, SSHRC Reapplication Grant, University of Western Ontario.
2006, SSHRC Travel Grant, University of Western Ontario.
2006, Faculty of Arts Dean's Travel-Research Grant, University of Western Ontario.
2005, SSHRC Travel Grant, University of Western Ontario.
2004-05, Academic Development Fund (ADF) Research Grant, University of Western Ontario.
2003-04, Academic Development Fund (ADF) Research Grant, University of Western Ontario.

"Paterson Ewen: Life & Work" Toronto: Art Canada Institute, 2018

"The Story Behind Asteroid 14060 Patersonewen," in Brian Patrick Abbott (ed.), Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VIII: City of Stars. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Vol. 501 San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015), pp. 67-73.

“The Science Behind Borromini’s Divine Geometry,” in Kim Williams and Michael Ostwald (eds.), Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, Vol. II The 1500s to the Future (Cham, Switzerland: Springer International, 2015), pp. 217-230. (reprint of 2002 article)

"Wrestling Proteus: The Role of Science in Modern Art and Architecture’s New Images of Nature,” in Brett Wilson, Barbara Hawkins & Stuart Sim (eds.), Art, Science, and Cultural Understanding (Champaign, Ill.: Common Ground Publishing LLC, 2014), pp. 86-99.

"A Sense and Essence of Nature: Wave Patterns in the Paintings of František Kupka," in Anthony Enns and Shelley Trower (eds.), Vibratory Modernism (Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013), pp. 145-161.

"Seeing and Seen: Acts of the Voyeur in the Works of Francis Bacon," in Rina Ayra (ed.), Francis Bacon: Critical and Theoretical Perspectives (Bern: Peter Lang AG, 2012), pp. 35-47.

"Nature, Entropy, and Robert Smithson's Utopian Vision of a Culture of Decay," in Paul Crowther and Isabel Wünsche (eds.), Meanings of Abstract Art: Between Nature and Theory (New York and London: Routledge, 2012), pp. 158-168.

"Some Adaptations of Relativity in the 1920s and the Birth of Abstract Architecture," Nexus Network Journal (vol. 12, no. 1, April 2010), pp. 131-147.

"Desire, Heavenly Bodies, and a Surrealist's Fascination with the Celestial Theatre," in Nick Campion (ed.), The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena: Special Double Issue of "Culture and Cosmos"  (vol. 8, nos. 1 & 2, 2004), pp. 87-106.

"On the Various Trappings of Daniel Spoerri," ARTMargins (Santa Barbara: University of California, 2003). (www.artmargins.com)

"Cindy Sherman,” in Hans Bertens and Joseph Natoli (eds.), Postmodernism: The Key Figures (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2002), pp. 292-296.

"Robert Rauschenberg," in Hans Bertens and Joseph Natoli (eds.), Postmodernism: The Key Figures (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2002), pp. 267-272.

"Machian Epistemology and its Part in František Kupka's Painterly Cognition of Reality,” Slovo: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Russian, Eurasian, Central and East European Affairs (vol. 12, 2000), pp. 51-69.

"Fatum as Theme and Method in the Work of Francis Bacon," Artibus et Historiae (vol. XIX, no. 37, 1998), pp. 163-175.

"Speculations on the Introduction and Role of Alexemata in Doric Temple Architecture", RACAR (vol. XXII, Nos. 1-2, 1995 [appeared in 1998]), pp. 1-6.

PhD supervisions

Erin McLeod, Ph.D., Department of Visual Arts (2012-)
Margherita Papdatos, Ph.D., Department of Visual Arts (2014-)
Helen Parkinson, Ph.D., Department of Visual Arts (2008-2014)
Aarnoud Rommens, Center for Theory Criticism, co-supervisor with Allan Pero (2008-11)

Masters supervisions

Leah Abaza, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2019)
Madelaine Tripp, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2018)
Emma Richan, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2013-14)
Carrie Kitzul, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2007-11)
Diana Poulsen, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2006-10)
Andrew MacDonald, M.F.A., Department of Visual Arts, co-supervision (2006-08)
Conan Masterson, M.F.A., Department of Visual Arts, co-supervision (2006-07)
Leanne Carroll, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2005-07)
Riva Symko, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2004-06)
Daniel Wong, M.F.A., Department of Visual Arts, co-supervision (2004-06)
Carol-Ann Ryan, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2003-05)
Laura Petican, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2000-03)
Kristen Hutchinson, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (2000-02)
Sarah Lippert, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (1999-2002)
Ryan Whyte, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (1999-2001)
Craig Buckley, M.A., Department of Visual Arts, co-supervision (1999-2001)
Kim Wahl, M.A., Department of Visual Arts (1997-99)
Kim Dawn, M.F.A., Department of Visual Arts, co-supervision (1998)
Jennifer Dyer, M.A., Centre for Theory & Criticism (1995-97)

Recent Courses

Artistic Moments at the Center of the Void: Milan, January 2, 1957 (2019-2020)
Painted Skies/Cosmic Sightings (2018-2019)
Writing Without Words: The Critical and Curatorial Challenges of Arte Povera and Its Allies (2014-15)
On Certainty (2014-15)
Echoes of the Baroque in the Last Century (2012)
Art in Time and Space as Seen through a Telescope: Artistic Journeys through Modern Science (2010-2011)
Out on a Limb: Recent Epic Journeys in Search of Mother Earth (2008-2009)