PhD, Columbia University; BA, Williams College
Colby Chamberlain is the author of Fluxus Administration: George Maciunas and the Art of Paperwork (University of Chicago Press, 2024). His research and criticism have appeared in publications including Artforum, Art Journal, ARTMargins, Cabinet, Grey Room, October, and Triple Canopy.
Chamberlain’s scholarship focuses on neo-avant-garde and contemporary practices that engage directly with the legal and institutional structures that govern everyday life. Areas of interest include the international neo-avant-garde, global modernism, intermedia, performance, artists’ magazines, experimental film, paperwork, legal studies, media theory, feminism, queer theory, disability studies, and critical race theory.
List of Publications: cia.academia.edu/ColbyChamberlain