Join Pulitzer curator Tamara Schenkenberg for a special tour of our current exhibition, Scott Burton: Shape Shift, on view through February 2, 2025. Scott Burton made what he described as “sculpture in love with furniture.” Highlighting the breadth of Burton’s innovative practice as a sculptor, performance artist, and public artist, this is the most comprehensive exhibition of Burton’s work in the United States since his untimely death of AIDS-related complications in 1989.
On this tour, we will explore the sculptures, photographs, drawings, and performances that shed light on the artist’s contributions to conceptual, public, and queer art. You’ll also learn about Burton’s roles as a curator, art critic, and designer.
Tamara H. Schenkenberg is a curator at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis. Since joining the Pulitzer in 2012, she has organized a wide range of exhibitions, including Zarina: Atlas of Her World; Ruth Asawa: Life’s Work; Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form (co-curated with Sharon Hecker); Fred Sandback: 64 Three-Part Pieces; and most recently a retrospective of the artist Hannah Wilke. Her primary focus is on modern and contemporary art, with research interests in identity and displacement, as well as feminist practices. Before arriving at the Pulitzer, Schenkenberg held a graduate curatorial fellowship and curatorial assistant positions at the Saint Louis Art Museum, where she worked on exhibitions of postwar German art. A native of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Schenkenberg was a Fulbright scholar at the Free University of Berlin and earned her Ph.D. in art history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Notice: Select artwork by Burton in the lower-level galleries includes nudity and sexual themes. Please contact programs@pulitzerarts.org if you have questions or require special accommodations.
