Bill Viola: Five Angels for the Millennium

Five Angels for the Millennium, a major work by American video pioneer Bill Viola, has its New York premiere at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Recognized as one of the leading figures in video art, Viola creates projective narrative environments that explore the nature and consciousness and universal human experiences such as birth and death. The artist's subject matter is rooted in the history of Western and Eastern art, as well as in such spiritual traditions as Sufism and Zen Buddhism. This installation was acquired in 2002 in a unique three-way partnership with the Whitney, the Tate, London, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, marking the first international shared museum purchase of a major contemporary work.

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Bill Viola: Five Angels for the Millennium
Mildred and Herbert Lee Galleries, Floor 2