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Carnegie Museum of Art announces advisory committee for 2008
Carnegie International
October 2, 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...Carnegie Museum
of Art today announced the members of
the 2008 Carnegie International advisory
committee. The Carnegie International
is the oldest invitational survey of contemporary
art in North America, and the 2008 installment
is the 55th exhibition in its history. Members of the advisory
committee are Daniel Birnbaum, Richard Flood,
Eungie Joo, and Chus Martinez; these four
individuals will serve as consultants and critical reviewers for
Douglas Fogle, curator of contemporary art
at Carnegie Museum of Art and organizer
of the exhibition, which is scheduled to open May 3, 2008. They will
also be jurors of the Carnegie Prize, which
is awarded to a Carnegie
International artist.
The advisors were selected for this prestigious committee based on their wide
range of expertise and artistic sensibilities, for their knowledge of the
global contemporary art world, and for their ongoing commitment to helping
artists realize new works, Fogle says.
Daniel Birnbaum is director of the international Städelschule Art Academy and
its exhibition space, Portikus, a leading center for experimental art in
Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Prior to this appointment he was director of the
International Artists' Studio Program in Stockholm, Sweden. He has written
extensively on art and philosophy and has organized more than 40 exhibitions.
He was co-curator of the 2003 Venice Biennale and the first Moscow Biennial in
2005. Other exhibitions include: Carsten Holler: Slides, Kiasma, Helsinki,
Finland, 2000; and Syndrome: Olafur Eliasson, Henrik Hakansson, Pascale
Marthine Tayou, Rivane Neuenschwander, Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden, 2000.
"Birnbaum brings a special blend of scholarship and innovative curatorial
expertise," says Fogle. "His critical engagement with the philosophical issues
underlying the contemporary art world will make a fantastic contribution to the
committee and to the International.
Richard Flood is chief curator of The New
Museum, New York.
"Richard Flood has an innovative and forward looking approach to organizing
contemporary art exhibitions," says Fogle. Prior to his 2005 appointment
at The New Museum, Flood was chief curator
at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
During his 11 years at the Walker, Flood
organized a wide range of shows, including
group shows Brilliant!:
New Art from London and Zero to Infinity:
Arte Povera 1962-1972,
and solo exhibitions for the work of
Robert Gober, Sigmar Polke, and Matthew Barney. Flood was previously
curator of P. S. 1,
director of the Barbara Gladstone Gallery,
and managing editor of Artforum
magazine.
Eungie Joo is director and curator of education and public programs at The New Museum, New York.
Her recent projects include: Nothing Is Neutral: Andrea Bowers; Damian Ortega: The Beetle
Trilogy and other Works; Kara E. Walker's Song of the South; Margaret Kilgallen: In the Sweet Bye
& Bye; and Cosmo Vitale: Gimhongsok & Sora Kim. Joo is co-founder of Six
Months: Crenshaw (2003), a temporary site for conversation, exhibition,
performance, and collectivity through dialogue and critique. She has a PhD in
Ethnic studies and has written numerous articles for art magazines and
exhibition catalogues. "Joo has a unique perspective on the contemporary art
world that is refreshingly different from my own," Fogle says. "She brings a
level of critical social engagement to bear in many of her projects. And she
has a great command of the contemporary scene in Asia."
Chus Martinez is director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein, a contemporary art
center in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where she has organized a program of
exhibitions and lectures for 2006 that includes: 60 Seconds Well Spent, a video
program; Ersa Erse, "When Kittens Become Kats: Ten talks around the idea of
presenting art practice;" Wilhelm Sasnal; and Arturas Raila. The Power of
Earth From 2002-2005, Martinez was artistic director at Sala Rekalde, a
contemporary exhibition space in Bilbao, Spain. A prolific author, Martinez has
written essays, catalogue texts, and articles on the relationship between art
theory and practice. "Martinez is a dynamic curatorial presence with a great
knowledge of the international contemporary art scene," Fogle says. "Her energy
and enthusiasm for contemporary art are matched only by her commitment to the
artists with whom she engages."
Richard Armstrong, the Henry J. Heinz II director of Carnegie Museum of Art and
curator of the 1995 Carnegie International, will serve as a de facto committee
member. "The guidance of the Advisory Committee is invaluable in the
organization of this exhibition," Armstrong comments. "The committee selected
by Douglas Fogle comprises outstanding leaders in the contemporary art world,
and we are grateful for their help in making the 2008 Carnegie International a
memorable exhibition."
The Carnegie International
The Carnegie International was first organized at the behest of industrialist
and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1896. Carnegie established the
International to educate and inspire the public as well as to promote
international understanding and peace. He intended the International to provide
a periodic sample of contemporary art from which Carnegie Museum of Art could
enrich its permanent collection. The work of thousands of artists has been
exhibited in the Carnegie International, including that of Winslow Homer, James
MacNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Rodin, Willem de
Kooning, Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock, Rene Magritte, Joan Miró, Alberto
Giacometti, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, and William Kentridge.
Carnegie Museum of Art
Located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh and founded
by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895, Carnegie Museum of
Art, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, is nationally and
internationally recognized for its distinguished collection of American and
European works of art from the 16th century to the present. The Heinz
Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum of Art, is dedicated to the
collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings and models. For
more information about Carnegie Museum of Art, call 412.622.3131.
Contact:
Tey Stiteler
412.688.8690
stitelert@carnegiemuseums.org
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