Marilyn A. Zeitlin
Director and Chief Curator
Marilyn A. Zeitlin, Director and Chief Curator of the Arizona State University Art Museum conceptualizes the overall institutional direction. She supervises the staff and consultants. Working with the Dean of the College of Fine Arts at the Arizona State University and the ASU Art Museum's Advisory Board, Zeitlin oversees the implementation of the Museum's mission and the focus of the collection.
Zeitlin has over twenty years of museum experience as a curator and director. She received her A.B. and M.A.T. from Harvard University and has conducted graduate work in art history with a specialization in Asian and Pre-Columbian art. She has taught art history in these areas and contemporary art at Cornell University, Bucknell University, and Virginia Commonwealth University. The focus of her curatorial work is the relationship of art to social issues and the interface between art and science. She has curated exhibitions of video installations by Francesc Torres, Mary Lucier, Terry Berkowitz, Rita Myers, and Bill Viola. Her recent exhibitions include Contemporary Art from Cuba and Art Under Duress: El Salvador 1980-Present. Zeitlin served as the U.S. Commissioner to the 100th anniversary Venice Biennale in 1995, curating Bill Viola: Buried Secrets, which toured nationally and internationally.
Exhibitions curated by Marilyn Zeitlin:
Cops and Robbers: Drawings
by Lucio Muniain
Joel-Peter Witkin: Works
from a Valley Collection
Collectors'
Choice
No Absolutes
Spectrum: An Idea
of History
Helme Prinzen: Sky Maps
The Eye of the Collector:
Works from the Lipman Collection of American Art
Face Off: Paintings
by Michael Ray Charles and Jean-Michel Basquiat
Resonating: Denise Green
Bill Viola: Buried Secrets
Contemporary Art from Cuba:
Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island
El lugar de la ausencia:
Paintings by Jordi Teixidor
Millennial Myths; Paintings
by Lynn Randolph
Catalogues edited, produced,
or essays contributed by Marilyn Zeitlin:
Bill Viola: Buried Secrets
(bilingual: English & German)
Art Under Duress: El Salvador
1980 - Present (bilingual: English & Spanish)
Helme Prinzen: Sky Maps
The Eye of the Collector:
Work from the Lipman Collection of American Art
Sig-alert (netalogue)
No Absolutes
Too Late For Goya: Works by
Francesc Torres (bilingual: English & Spanish)
Art on the Edge of Fashion
Contemporary Art from Cuba:
Irony and Survival on the
Utopian Island (bilingual: English & Spanish)
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