Sculptural collages originating from a strategy of emptying Michael E. Smith (born 1977) is known for his sculptures employing materials both natural and manmade that strip everyday objects down to their most minimal state. Conceived to document three solo shows at de Appel in Amsterdam, Kunstverein Hannover and S.M.A.K. in Ghent, this publication also gathers new texts that shed light on the artist’s decade-plus practice.
Professor Michael E. Smith joined the University of Aberdeen in 2010; prior to that he was a Reader in International Relations at the University of St Andrews and an Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. A native of western Pennsylvania in the US, he holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California (Irvine) as well as an MA in International Affairs from The George Washington University. He has been a Fulbright scholar to the European Union in Brussels, a Council for European Studies fellow, a visiting research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, and a University of California Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation/MacArthur Foundation fellow. He was the founder and first co-chair of the “EU as a Global Actor” interest section of the European Union Studies Association (2003-07), and he is on the editorial boards of the Journal of European Public Policy and European Security.
Research Interests
International security; international cooperation/organization/institutions; regional integration/governance; Europe/European Union; the international politics of science/technology.