Siri Engberg | |
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| Alma mater | Lawrence University, 1989 |
| Occupation | Curator ofvisual arts |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Employer | Walker Art Center |
Siri Engberg is curator of visual arts at theWalker Art Center inMinneapolis,Minnesota.[1] She wrote or edited a number ofcatalogues raisonnés, often with the artist's participation. Engberg organized about a half dozen shows before becoming assistant and then curator, which allowed her to curate several large touring shows and other major exhibitions.
In 1989, Engberg earned a bachelor's degree inart history andEnglish atLawrence University inAppleton,Wisconsin[1][2] before joining the staff of theWalker Art Center in 1990, where she is an expert on works on paper.[3] There she organized solo shows forClaes Oldenburg,Ellsworth Kelly,Robert Motherwell,Joan Mitchell, andDonald Judd.[3]
In 1998 as an assistant curator, Engberg curatedMeredith Monk in whatThe New York Times described as a retrospective show,Art Performs Life: Merce Cunningham/Meredith Monk/Bill T. Jones.[4] She co-curated a theme show in 2000 calledThe Home Show.[3][5] In 2007, Philippe Vergne and Engberg provided curatorial coordination forPicasso and American Art organized by theWhitney Museum of American Art in New York.[6]
She curatedPaper Trail: A Decade of Acquisitions (2007),1964 (2010), andRecollection: Lorna Simpson (2010).[3][7] She also curated four major touring exhibitions:Frank Stella at Tyler Graphics (1997),Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999 (1999),Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005 (2005, withMadeleine Grynsztejn), andKiki Smith: A Gathering 1980-2005 (2005).[3] In 2008,Smith gaveSelections from Animal Skulls (1995) to the Walker, a gift in honor of Engberg.[8]
With Rosemary Furtak, Engberg co-curatedText/Messages: Books by Artists (December 18, 2008 – April 19, 2009).[9] She curatedFrom Here to There: Alec Soth’s America in 2010.[3]
Engberg guest-curatedExcavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu which originated at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and traveled to theHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, andDavison Art Center at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and theFrances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York.[10]
Engberg was coordinating curator forCindy Sherman, organized by theMuseum of Modern Art, New York, (February 26 to June 11, 2012), which then traveled to theSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art (July 14-October 7, 2012), to the Walker Art Center (November 10, 2012 – February 17, 2013), and theDallas Museum of Art (March 17-June 9, 2013).[11]
At the Walker Art Center, Engberg curatedLifelike (2012), a group show of "uncannily realistic" works, often "painstakingly rendered".[12][13]Yesomi Umolu is a curatorial fellow who helped to create the exhibition.[14] More than 90 objects were exhibited by 50 artists, among them: Yoshihiro Suda,Ai Weiwei,Vija Celmins,Evan Penny, Jeon Joonho,Rudolf Stingel,Paul Sietsema,Susan Collis,Thomas Demand,Robert Gober,Fischli & Weiss,Tauba Auerbach,Maurizio Cattelan, Robert Therrien,Keith Edmier,Leandro Erlich, Isaac Layman,Ron Mueck,Charles Ray, Peter Rostovsky,James Casebere,Catherine Murphy, Alex Hay, Peter Rostovsky, David Lefkowitz, Ruben Nusz,Andy Warhol andKaz Oshiro.[12][13][15]
"Trompe l’oeil is the hook that draws us in," Engberg toldARTnews: "Then comes the moment of the uncanny—what am I really looking at?...."[12]
The exhibition opened at the Walker (February 25, 2012 – May 27, 2012) and then traveled to theNew Orleans Museum of Art (November 10, 2012 – January 27, 2013), theMuseum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (February 24–May 26, 2013), andBlanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas (June 23–September 29, 2013).[13]
Engberg served as Walker coordinating curator forClaes Oldenburg: The Sixties, organized in 2013 byMUMOK (Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien) in Vienna. The show traveled first toMuseum Ludwig in Cologne; theGuggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain; and theMuseum of Modern Art in New York, before showing at the Walker.[16]
Hopper Drawing: A Painter's Process (2013–2014) was organized by theWhitney Museum of American Art where it showed first, and then it travelled to theDallas Museum of Art and to the Walker,[17] where Engberg served as coordinating curator.[18]
Engberg is the editor of the exhibition catalogLifelike (2012). She coauthored a number of books:Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005 coauthored with Smith;Chuck Close: Self-Portraits 1967-2005 coauthored withClose andMadeleine Grynsztejn;Frank Stella at Tyler Graphics coauthored withStella;From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America;Edward/Ruscha: Editions, 1959-1999 coauthored withRuscha, andRobert Motherwell: The Complete Prints 1940-1991: A Catalogue Raisonné coauthored withMotherwell and Joan Banach.[19]
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