- Highgate Cemetery heterotopia: A Creative Counterpublic Space Clements, Paul. 2017. Highgate Cemetery heterotopia: A Creative Counterpublic Space. Space and Culture, 20(4), pp. 470-484. ISSN 1206-3312
- The Consumption of Communism: Changing Representations of Statue Park Museum and Budapest Clements, Paul. 2014. The Consumption of Communism: Changing Representations of Statue Park Museum and Budapest. Art & the Public Sphere, 2(1-3), pp. 73-86. ISSN 2042-793X
- ‘The Recuperation of Participatory Arts Practices’ Clements, Paul. 2011. ‘The Recuperation of Participatory Arts Practices’. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 30(1), pp. 18-30. ISSN 1476-8062
- Cultural Legitimacy or “Outsider Hip”?: Representational Ambiguity and the Significance of Steely Dan Clements, Paul. 2009. Cultural Legitimacy or “Outsider Hip”?: Representational Ambiguity and the Significance of Steely Dan. Leisure Studies, 28(2), pp. 189-206. ISSN 0261-4367
- ‘Public art: radical, functional or democratic methodologies?’ Clements, Paul. 2008. ‘Public art: radical, functional or democratic methodologies?’. Journal of Visual Arts Practice, 7(1), pp. 19-35. ISSN 1470-2029
- The Cultural Aspects of Social Exclusion ands the Stereotyping of Adolescent Males Clements, Paul. 2007. The Cultural Aspects of Social Exclusion ands the Stereotyping of Adolescent Males. Youth & Policy, 94, pp. 61-77. ISSN 02629798
- ‘The evaluation of community arts projects and the problems with social impact methodology’ Clements, Paul. 2007. ‘The evaluation of community arts projects and the problems with social impact methodology’. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 26(3), pp. 325-335. ISSN 1476-8062
- The Excluded Terms of Culture: Cultural Exclusion as Spectacle Clements, Paul. 2006. The Excluded Terms of Culture: Cultural Exclusion as Spectacle. Journal for Cultural Research, 10(4)(4), pp. 323-342. ISSN 14797585
- ‘The rehabilitative role of arts education in prison: accommodation or enlightenment?’ Clements, Paul. 2004. ‘The rehabilitative role of arts education in prison: accommodation or enlightenment?’. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 23(2), pp. 169-178. ISSN 1476-8062
Dr Paul Clements BA MA PhD
Staff details
Position
Lecturer
Department
Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship
p.clements (@gold.ac.uk)
Paul is a lecturer in arts and cultural policy, spending many years working with marginalised communities.
Paul Clements is a lecturer in arts and cultural policy. He has spent many years working with excluded communities and formerly taught in Adult Education. More recently he has lectured in Higher Education for the Open University, Birkbeck College and Londonmet University covering cultural theory and policy as well as popular culture and community arts. His career has been varied and has included a range of roles and experiences: youth worker, teacher of disturbed prisoners, government interviewer, prison librarian, community musician, visual artist, astrologer and moderator/evaluator for arts programmes. He still works as a visual artist specialising in commissions for healthcare environments and private consumption.
Teaching and supervision
Research interests
These relate to cultural policy and theory, particularly the relationship between social and cultural inclusion/exclusion, the instrumental use of the arts and how cultural value is determined, also the relationship between individual artists and society more generally. Besides writing about public and community arts and 'other' cultural spaces, his interests also cover popular culture and its articulation with ‘high’ culture (art, literature and music). There is a continuum regarding interest in leisure space and resistance as well as how culture contributes towards anxiety and dissonance.
Publications and research outputs
Book
- Art, Elitism, Authenticity and Liberty: Navigating Paradox Clements, Paul. 2024. Art, Elitism, Authenticity and Liberty: Navigating Paradox. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781032324906
- The Outsider, Art and Humour Clements, Paul. 2020. The Outsider, Art and Humour. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780367468224
- The Creative Underground: Art, Politics and Everyday Life Clements, Paul. 2016. The Creative Underground: Art, Politics and Everyday Life. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781315714530
Book Section
- The construction of post-communist ideologies and re-branding of Budapest: the case study of Statue Park Museum Clements, Paul. 2017. The construction of post-communist ideologies and re-branding of Budapest: the case study of Statue Park Museum. In: Martin Zebracki and Joni M. Palmer, eds. Public Art Encounters: Art, Space and Identity. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 51-69. ISBN 9781472468796
- ‘The rehabilitative role of arts education in prison: accommodation or enlightenment?’ Clements, Paul. 2011. ‘The rehabilitative role of arts education in prison: accommodation or enlightenment?’. In: Felicity Allen, ed. Education. Documents of Contemporary Art. London: Whitechapel Gallery. ISBN 978-0854881925
Article
- Review: Howard Feather, ‘Social Theory of Displacement: Adventures in the Everyday’ Clements, Paul. 2024. Review: Howard Feather, ‘Social Theory of Displacement: Adventures in the Everyday’. Theory, Culture & Society: Global Public Life,
- Book review: Rowden, Claire (2020). Opera and Parody in Paris 1860-1900. Turnhout: Brepols Clements, Paul. 2022. Book review: Rowden, Claire (2020). Opera and Parody in Paris 1860-1900. Turnhout: Brepols. The European Journal of Humour Research, 10(2), pp. 155-158. ISSN 2307-700X
- Astrology, modernity and the project of self-identity Clements, Paul. 2020. Astrology, modernity and the project of self-identity. Culture and Religion, 21(3), pp. 259-279. ISSN 1475-5610