Catherine Perret is associate professor of modern and contemporary aesthetics

Aesthetics

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...

 and theory

Theory

The English word theory was derived from a technical term in Ancient Greek philosophy. The word theoria, , meant "a looking at, viewing, beholding", and referring to contemplation or speculation, as opposed to action...

 at Nanterre University (Paris X). She obtained her Ph.D. in philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 and is known for her work on Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin

Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German-Jewish intellectual, who functioned variously as a literary critic, philosopher, sociologist, translator, radio broadcaster and essayist...

, most notably by her book "Walter Benjamin ou la critique en effet". Dr. Perret was the director of the Art of Exhibition Department at Paris X. She served as a program director at the Collège International de Philosophie

Collège international de philosophie

The Collège international de philosophie , located in Paris' 5th arrondissement, is a tertiary education institute placed under the trusteeship of the French government department of research and chartered under the French 1901 Law on associations...

 from 1995 to 2001. She is a recipient of the prestigious title Chevalier des Palmes académiques. Dr. Perret is currently responsible for the Centre de recherche sur l'art, philosophie, esthétique (CRéART - PHI) at Paris X.

Reference books and texts

1. Walter Benjamin sans destin, Ed. La Différence, Paris, 1992, rééd. revue et augmentée d'une préface, Bruxelles, éd. La Lettre volée, 2007.
2. Marcel Duchamp
   Marcel Duchamp
   Marcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art...
   
   , le manieur de gravité, Ed. CNDP, Paris, 1998
3. Rapport "(non publié) pour le Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication : L'art contemporain et la question de son exposition (2001).
4. Les porteurs d'ombre, mimésis et modernité, coll. L'extrême contemporain, Ed. Belin, Paris, 2002.
5. Olivier Mosset
   Olivier Mosset
   Olivier Mosset is a Swiss visual artist. He lives and works in Tucson, Arizona.Mosset has spent considerable time in New York and Paris. In Paris in the ’60s he was a member of the BMPT group, along with Daniel Buren, Michel Parmentier, and Niele Toroni...
   
   , la peinture, même, éditions Ides et Calendes, Lausanne, mars 2004.
6. Non Compatibles, Une peinture sans qualités, une exposition de Catherine Perret, éditions Les Presses du réel, Dijon, 2006

Art exhibitions curated

1. Unlimited Space 1, Paris, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Avril-Juin 2000
2. Unlimited Space 2, Bruxelles, Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, ,Janvier-Mars 2001
3. Tableaux-Ecrans, Paris, Bruxelles, Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Février-Avril 2004
4. Non Compatibles, une peinture sans qualités, Toulon, Villa Tamaris, Novembre-Janvier 2005
5. Fetish and Konsum, Stuttgart, Akademie Solitude, Mai-Juin 2008

External links

• Our Digital Noology: Catherine Perret in conversation with Joseph Nechvatal
  Joseph Nechvatal
  Joseph Nechvatal is a post-conceptual art digital artist and art theoretician who creates computer-assisted paintings and computer animations, often using custom-created computer viruses.-Life and work:Joseph Nechvatal was born in Chicago...