images from the Whitney Biennial

I've uploaded below some two dozen images of work from this year's Whitney Biennial, but I'm not suggesting they represent anything but a sampling of the work in the show, especially since I'm not going to include any notes.

Some of these works appear here mostly because I liked the image I was able to capture, even if it may be little more than an abstraction. For instance, by description alone any still from a film or video is an abstraction. A certain number of the choices were favored both for the image and the work, but I have no illusions about representing the artist's creation.

Oh yes, the Whitney has the its own images, but honestly, I haven't looked at the site. For the purposes of this blog, as usual, I just can't resist trying to show original images of original work.


ColenDanHS.jpg
Dan Colen


BradfordMarklighter.jpg
Mark Bradford


WardNari.jpg
Nari Ward


PeaceTower.jpg
Marc di Suvero, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and others


WolfsonJordantitle.jpg
[complete title of Jordan Wolfson's video installation]


WolfsonJordanDictator.jpg
Jordan Wolfson


DonnellyTrisha.jpg
Trisha Donnelly


AngerBabylon.jpg
Kenneth Anger


O'RourkeJimplane.jpg

O'RourkeJim(right).jpg
Jim O'Rourke [two details]


KoetherJutta.jpg
Jutta Koether


ParrinoSteven.jpg
Steven Parrino


GrafDeva.jpg
Deva Graf


TribeKerryWrong.jpg
Kerry Tribe [in the Wrong Gallery installation]


WojnarowiczDavidKid.jpg
David Wojnarowicz [in the Wrong Gallery installation]


EzawaKota.jpg
Kota Ezawa


Caligula.jpg
Franceco Vezzoli


CoupdeclatKateMoss.jpg
Coup d'Eclat


Coupd'Eclat.jpg
[label for the Coup d'Eclat installation]


Oursleretalvideo.jpg
Tony Oursler, with Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Laurent P. Berger, and Japanther


SnowMichaelSheeploop.jpg
Michael Snow


SullivanBilly.jpg
Billy Sullivan


DeepDishRealFace.jpg
Deep Dish TV ["The Real Face of Occupation"]


I did say this was just a press preview. As we left the Museum we looked for Aaron Young's work outside on the sidewalk, but it seems there had been some delay in its completion. Another bicyclist had locked his own machine to the designated bike rack located outside the Whitney's front door, holding up Young's installation. Just as we first spotted the still-incomplete piece, the artist returned to continue its assembly. The artist and the curators anticipate that once it is attached to the rack the shiny locked bike will gradually disappear during the term of the Biennial.


YoungAaronbike.jpg Aaron Young

I love that shot of the Nari Ward piece.

Do you plan on returning ?


I'd like an image of the.....
board of titles for the Kenneth Anger group
of works (it says what everything is from Wall 1 to Wall 4).


;-)


Cheers,

Cedric

Dan Colen's "Holy Shit" reminds me of "Rama Lama Ding Dong", which I saw at the the Saatchi Gallery's site. I wonder what he's trying to evoke or say with this series of art.

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Published on March 5, 2006 9:27 PM.

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