Dr Shane Burke

Shane Burke is a lecturer in intellectual property law at Cardiff University. His research interests generally lie in the area of the intellectual property and the legal regulation of the arts. Current research also explores the relationship between sound and the law. His doctoral research, undertaken at Queen Mary, University of London, was entitled ‘Dematerialisation and Dissonance: Conceptual Art Practices, Art World Strategies and the Role of Copyright Law’. This interdisciplinary study featuring interviews with a range of high profile artists, lawyers and other stakeholders conducted in both London and New York, examines the nature of conceptual art and considers the issues associated with the privileging of ideas over form, judicial strategies for the definition of art, social norms within the artworld and the role of documentation in the artistic process. It is due to be published as a monograph. Recent publications include, Shane Burke, ‘Score, Performance and the Posthumous Conductor’ in Daniel McClean (ed), Artist, Authorship and Legacy: A Reader (Ridinghouse 2018) https://www.karstenschubert.com/publications/168-artist-authorship-legacy-a-reader/, Shane Burke, ‘Copyright and Conceptual Art’ in Enrico Bonadio and Nicola Lucchi (eds), Non-conventional Copyright (Edward Elgar 2018) https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/non-conventional-copyright, Shane Burke, ‘Graffiti, Street Art and Copyright in France’ in Enrico Bonadio (ed), Copyright in Graffiti and Street Art (Cambridge University Press 2019) and Shane Burke, ‘Intellectual Property Law as Artistic Medium’, in Jani McCutcheon and Fiona McGaughey (eds), Research Handbook on Art and Law (Edward Elgar 2020)