Marilyn Houlberg

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Marilyn Jensen Houlberg (July 17, 1939 - June 29, 2012)

Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she taught for over twenty years.[3]

Education

Houlberg earned an

MAT (1967) at the University of Chicago. She later attended the University of London, where she earned an MPhil in 1973 after completing her thesis on Yoruba twin sculpture and ritual.[4]
The following year, she returned to Chicago and began teaching at the School of the Art Institute.

Exhibitions

Houlberg began traveling to

Leah Gordon
, and Katherine Smith. In Extremis opened in September 2012, three months after Houlberg's passing.

Archives and collections

The Marilyn Houlberg Collection at the Haitian Art Society houses works with religious and spiritual themes, such as depictions of

lwa, saints, and ceremonies of Haiti, by artists including Myrlande Constant, Evelyne Alcide, and Yves Telemaque.[8] The Marylin Houlberg Collection at the Indigo Arts Gallery in Philadelphia also includes the work of Haitian artists, as well as sculptural Yoruban figures.[9]

Houlberg's photography can be found at the Smithsonian Institution. The Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collections and Marilyn Houlberg Haiti Collection are part of the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives (EEPA) at the National Museum of African Art. These collections consist of color slides, prints, video, audio, field notes and other documentation of people, places, socio-cultural phenomena, and art historical practices, created over the course of Houlberg's decades-long career.

Publications

  • "Ibeji Images of the Yoruba", African Arts, Vol. 7 (1973)
  • "Haitian Studio Photography: A Hidden World of Images". In Rebeecca Busselle, ed., Haiti: Feeding the Spirit (1992)
  • (Introduction) Stephen Marc, The black trans-Atlantic experience: street life and culture in England, Ghana, Jamaica, and the United States (1992)
  • Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou (exhibition catalog, 1998)
  • (Introduction) Phyllis Galembo, Vodou: Visions and Voices of Haiti (2005)

Houlberg also contributed several articles to periodicals such as African Arts and The New Observations Magazine.

References

  1. ^ "MARILYN HOULBERG". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ Consentino, Donald (Summer 2013). "Marilyn Jensen Houlberg: 1939-2012". African Arts vol. 46, no. 2. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Memorial for Marilyn Houlberg". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2013.
  4. ^ "Bio:Marilyn Houlberg". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
  5. ^ Wilson, William (November 7, 1995). "ART REVIEW : 'Vodou' Works Unveil Triumphant Spirit". LA Times. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  7. doi:10.1162/afar.2002.35.1.86
  8. ^ "Haitian Art Society". haitianartsociety.org. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  9. ^ "Marilyn Houlberg Collection | Indigo Arts". indigoarts.com. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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