Matthew C. Lodder (born 1980) is a British
senior lecturer in art history and theory, director of
American studies
American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinarity, interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American literature, History of the United States, history, Society of the United States, society, and Culture of the Unit ...
and a tattoo expert at the
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a public university, public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, it is one of the original plate glass university, plate glass universities. The university comprises three camp ...
. He is also a exhibition curator
and one of the University of Essex's Public Voice Scholars. Lodder completed his PhD in 2010, having submitted a thesis entitled ''Body Art: Body Modification as Artistic Practice''.
Selected works
Books
* Alexa MacDermot (editor), Kathrina Rupit, Matt Lodder: ''Goblin Market: Irish New Contemporary Art.'' White Lady Art Books 2012,
* Al Overdrive (author,inset photographer), Matt Lodder (author of introduction): ''No Commercial Value: The Photography of Al Overdrive.'' AO 2008,
* Matt Lodder (author): ''Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos.'' HarperCollins Publishers 2022,
* Matt Lodder (author): ''Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings.'' HarperCollins Publishers 2023, ISBN
* Matt Lodder (author): ''Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art.''Yale University Press 2024,
* Matt Lodder (co-author):
Manfred Kohrs
Manfred Kohrs (born 24 January 1957) is a German tattooist and conceptual artist, who has been tattooing since 1974. He was a student of Horst Streckenbach ("Tattoo Samy") (5 August 1926 – 27 June 2001). Together they developed the barbell ...
: ''Vorlagenalbum des Tätowierers Horst "Tattoo-Samy" Streckenbach.'' IKARUS, Wedemark 2024,
Journal articles
* Lodder, M., (2016). Visual pleasure and gonzo pornography: Mason’s challenge to convention in ‘the hardest of hardcore’. Porn Studies. 3 (4), 373-385
* Dymock, A. and Lodder, M., (2016). 'The Erotics of Injury: Remembering Operation Spanner Workshops', 10&11 September 2015, University of Essex and Royal Holloway, University of London. Porn Studies. 3 (3), 320-323
* Lodder, M., (2015). ‘Things of the sea’: iconographic continuities between tattooing and handicrafts in Georgian-era maritime culture. Sculpture Journal. 24 (2), 195-210
* Lodder, M., (2013). Art History in the Pub. Journal of Visual Culture. 12 (2), 332-338
Exhibitions
* ''British Tattoo Art Revealed'', described as a "visionary exhibition" by anthropologist and tattoo researcher
Lars Krutak
Lars Krutak (April 14, 1971) is an American anthropologist, photographer, and writer known for his research about tattoo and its cultural background. He produced and hosted the 10-part documentary series ''Tattoo Hunter'' on the Discovery Channe ...
, began at the
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall (NMMC) is located in a harbourside building at Falmouth in Cornwall, England. The building was designed by architect M. J. Long, following an architectural design competition managed by RIBA Competition ...
in March 2017 and toured nationwide through 2020.
* ''Skin Digging'', Art Exchange/University of Essex
References
External links
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* Helen Lewi
''Will a tattoo ever hang in the Louvre? - Meet the unconventional art historians trying to discover what it means for an image to be marked on the body.''New Statesman
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: Interview with Gemma Angel and Matt Lodder.
''Experience: I tracked down my impostor''The Guardian - 26 March 2021
* Nihal Arthanayake
Dr Matt Lodder: ''‘We live in a world where we’re represented to the world as little avatars’''BBC Radio 5 live
''The art of museums. Episode 4, Paris : Musée d‘Orsay''University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Living people
Tattooing
Academics of the University of Essex