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Daniel A. Siedell comes to the Department of Art and Art History
after over ten years as curator of the Sheldon
Memorial Art Gallery at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he worked closely with a number
of contemporary artists, such as Charley
Friedman, Santiago
Cal, Chris
Ware, Mike
Cloud, Nic
Nicosia, Conrad
Bakker, Anne
Lindberg, Nancy
Friedemann, among many others. He is particularly interested
in the history and development of art criticism and the relationship
between religion, spirituality and contemporary art. He is the
author of numerous essays on art criticism, contemporary art,
and museum pedagogy. He edited Weldon
Kees and the Arts at Mid-Century (University of Nebraska
Press, 2004). The work of contemporary artist Enrique
Martínez Celaya is a primary research interest. Siedell
has an M.A. from SUNY-Stony
Brook and a Ph.D. from The
University of Iowa. He also writes art criticism for artUs
and works as an independent curator. His book on religion and
contemporary art is due out in the fall of 2008. Siedell will
teach Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory, and Criticism.
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