Add to ORKGThe research investigated the role of pleasure in contemporary art practice. The project resulted in two exhibitions and a journal article. The research investigated the practices of nine contemporary artists working in diverse fine art media. It asked how pleasure acts as a mobilising force and influence in these artists’ processes, and how it is illuminated and embodied in the works produced. The curatorial process involved visits to artists’ studios, discussing, interrogating and documenting working processes, and selecting works. The journal article explored the artists’ works, alongside Canaletto’s painting of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, drawing on the philosophies of Jeremy Bentham, Michel Foucault and Michel Serres. The proc...