March 19, 2004
The Whitney Biennial (flash)
is in full effect, again! "While there is no substitute for experiencing the 108 artists' work in person, the online version of the exhibition should serve as an introduction to the themes and questions posed in the 2004 biennial." Need a modern art blog to go with it? Or just a comprehensive guide?
Anybody else go? My favorites included Dike Blair, Katy Grannan (NSFW), and Barnaby Furnas.
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always good for a giggle. hey, cory archangel was over at waxy afore he was art... go figure.
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Whittling Down the Whitney "Whitney curators Chrissie Iles, Debra Singer and Shamim Momin did a fine, responsible job in pulling together this biennial. They crisscrossed the country, conducting hundreds of studio and gallery visits, then picked out 108 artists and collectives that seemed to represent the most notable new tendencies in art. Of their picks, 11 or so struck me at once as worth a longer look. Ten percent. Not a great ratio, maybe, but not too bad, all things considered. These curators can hardly be blamed if their show comes at a moment in the history of art that just about everyone concedes to be unusually sluggish."