Whitney Biennial 2008

Today there are more artists working in more genres, using more varieties of material, and moving among more geographic locations than ever before. The 2008 Biennial seeks to reveal the links among these seemingly disparate and sometimes ephemeral practices. By exploring the networks that exist among contemporary artists and the work they create, the Biennial characterizes the state of American art today.

This Biennial’s group of artists defies easy categorization, with many of them creating work in several mediums. In response to their diversity, and the evident trend toward event-based work, the 2008 Biennial will include corollary events and installations at the Park Avenue Armory, organized with the Art Production Fund.

Almost completely comprised of new works, many of which are site-specific, the exhibition will fill nearly every floor of the Museum, including the sculpture court, and will invite visitors to explore the works in any order they choose. The film and video program will repeat each day, making it possible to view the entire schedule in one visit.

Works presented at the Armory will range in type and duration, from music performances and a dance marathon to a 24-hour film screening and a bar-cum-sculpture that becomes a site for other artists' projects. More than a third of the eighty-one artists participating in the Biennial will present works both at the Whitney's historic Marcel Breuer building and at the Armory, allowing artists to show in the Museum even while they seek ways to complicate and transcend its parameters.

"Whitney Biennial Stretches to Armory", a New York Times article by Carol Vogel.

Whitney Biennial 2008 Artists

Rita Ackermann Born 1968 in Budapest, Hungary, Lives in New York, New York Natalia Almada Born 1974 in Mexico, Lives in Mexico City, Mexico and New York, New York Edgar Arceneaux Born 1972 in Los Angeles, California, Lives in Los Angeles, California Fia Backström Born 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden, Lives in New York, New York John Baldessari Born 1931 in National City, California, Lives in Santa Monica, California Robert Bechtle Born 1932 in San Francisco, California, Lives in San Francisco, California Walead Beshty Born 1976 in London, England, Lives in Los Angeles, California Carol Bove Born 1971 in Geneva, Switzerland, Lives in New York, New York Joe Bradley Born 1975 in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Lives in New York, New York Matthew Brannon Born 1971 in Saint Maries, Idaho, Lives in New York, New York Bozidar Brazda Born 1972 in Cambridge, Canada, Lives in New York, New York Olaf Breuning Born 1970 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Lives in New York, New York Jedediah Caesar Born 1973 in Oakland, California. Lives in Los Angeles, California William Cordova Born 1971 in Lima, Peru, Lives in Houston, Texas and Miami, Florida Dexter Sinister Stuart Bailey, Born 1973 in York, England, David Reinfurt, Born 1971 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Based in New York, New York Harry (Harriet) Dodge and Stanya Kahn Born 1966 and 1968, respectively, in San Francisco, California, Lives in Los Angeles, California Shannon Ebner Born 1971 in Englewood, New Jersey, Lives in Los Angeles, California Gardar Eide Einarsson Born 1976 in Oslo, Norway, Lives in New York, New York Roe Ethridge Born 1969 in Miami, Florida, Lives in New York, New York Kevin Jerome Everson Born 1965 in Mansfield, Ohio, Lives in Charlottesville, Virginia Omer Fast Born 1972 in Jerusalem, Israel, Lives in Berlin, Germany Robert Fenz Born 1969 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts Coco Fusco Born 1960 in New York, New York, Lives in New York, New York Gang Gang Dance Lizzi Bougatsos, Brian DeGraw, Tim DeWit, Josh Diamond, Nathan Maddox, Founded 2001-02 in New York, New York, Based in New York, New York Amy Granat and Drew Heitzler Born 1976 in St. Louis, Missouri, and born 1972 in Charleston, South Carolina, respectively, Live in New York, NY, and Los Angeles, California, respectively Rashawn Griffin Born 1980 in Los Angeles, California, Lives in New York, New York Adler Guerrier Born 1975 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Lives in Miami, Florida MK Guth Born 1963 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Lives in Portland, Oregon Fritz Haeg Born 1969 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Lives in Los Angeles, California Rachel Harrison Born 1966 in New York, New York, Lives in New York, New York Ellen Harvey Born 1967 in Kent, England, Lives in New York, New York Mary Heilmann Born 1940 in San Francisco, California, Lives in New York, New York Leslie Hewitt Born 1977 in New York, New York, Lives in New York, New York and Houston, Texas Patrick Hill Born 1972 in Royal Oak, Michigan, Lives in Los Angeles, California William E. Jones Born 1962 in Canton, Ohio, Lives in Los Angeles, California Karen Kilimnik Born 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Alice Könitz Born 1970 in Essen, Germany, Lives in Los Angeles, California Louise Lawler Born 1947 in Bronxville, New York, Lives in New York, New York Spike Lee Born 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia, Lives in New York, New York Sherrie Levine Born 1947 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and New York, New York Charles Long Born 1958 in Long Branch, New Jersey, Lives in Los Angeles, California Lucky Dragons Luke Fischbeck, born 1978 in San Francisco, California, Lives in Los Angeles, California Daniel Joseph Martinez Born 1957 in Los Angeles, California, Lives in Los Angeles, California Corey McCorkle Born 1969 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Lives in New York, New York Rodney McMillian Born 1969 in Columbia, South Carolina, Lives in Los Angeles, California Julia Meltzer and David Thorne Born 1968 in Hollywood, California, and born 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, Lives in Los Angeles, California Jennifer Montgomery Born 1961 in New York, New York, Lives in Chicago, Illinois Olivier Mosset Born 1944 in Bern, Switzerland, Lives in Tucson, Arizona Matt Mullican Born 1951 in Santa Monica, California, Lives in New York, New York Neighborhood Public Radio (NPR) Formed 2004 in Oakland, California, Based in Oakland, San Francisco, and San Diego, California, and Chicago, Illinois Ruben Ochoa Born 1974 in Oceanside, California, Lives in Los Angeles, California DJ Olive Born 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts, Lives in New York, New York Mitzi Pederson Born 1976 in Stuart, Florida, Lives in San Francisco, California Kembra Pfahler/The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black Born 1961 in Hermosa Beach, California, Lives in New York, New York Seth Price Born 1973 in East Jerusalem, Lives in New York, New York Stephen Prina Born 1954 in Galesburg, Illinois, Lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California Adam Putnam Born 1973 in New York, New York, Lives in New York, New York Michael Queenland Born 1970 in Pasadena, California, Lives in New York, New York Jason Rhoades Born 1965, Newcastle, California, Died 2006, Los Angeles, California Ry Rocklen Born 1978 in Los Angeles, California, Lives in Los Angeles, California Bert Rodriguez Born 1975 in Miami, Florida, Lives in Miami, Florida Marina Rosenfeld Born 1968 in New York, New York, Lives in New York, New York Amanda Ross-Ho Born 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, Lives in Los Angeles, California Mika Rottenberg Born 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lives in New York, New York Heather Rowe Born 1970 in New Haven, Connecticut, Lives in New York, New York Eduardo Sarabia Born 1976 in Los Angeles, California, Lives in Los Angeles, California, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Berlin, Germany Melanie Schiff Born 1977 in Chicago, Illinois, Lives in Chicago, Illinois Amie Siegel Born 1974 in Chicago, Illinois, Lives in New York, New York and Berlin, Germany Lisa Sigal Born 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lives in New York, New York Gretchen Skogerson Born 1970 in Teaneck, New Jersey, Lives in New York, New York Michael Smith Born 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, Lives in New York, New York and Austin, Texas Agathe Snow Born 1976 in Corsica, France, Lives in New York, New York Frances Stark Born 1967 in Newport Beach, California, Lives in Los Angeles, California Mika Tajima/New Humans Mika Tajima, Born 1975 in Los Angeles, California, Lives in New York, New York, Howie Chen, Born 1976 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lives in New York, New York Javier Téllez Born 1969 in Valencia, Venezuela, Lives in New York, New York Cheyney Thompson Born 1975 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lives in New York, New York Mungo Thomson Born 1969 in Woodland, California, Lives in Berlin, Germany and Los Angeles, California Leslie Thornton Born 1951 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Lives in New York, New York Phoebe Washburn Born 1973 in Poughkeepsie, New York, Lives in New York, New York James Welling Born 1951 in Hartford, Connecticut, Lives in Los Angeles, California Mario Ybarra Jr. Born 1973 in Los Angeles, California, Lives in Los Angeles, California

Whitney Biennial 2008
Kuratoren: Henriette Huldisch, Shamim M. Momin, Donna De Salvo

Künstler:
Rita Ackermann, Natalia Almada, Edgar Arceneaux, Fia Backström, John Baldessari, Robert Bechtle, Walead Beshty, Carol Bove, Joe Bradley, Matthew Brannon, Bozidar Brazda, Olaf Breuning, Jedediah Caesar, William Cordova, Dexter Sinister Stuart Bailey / David Reinfurt, Harry Dodge & Stanya Kahn, Shannon Ebner, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Roe Ethridge, Kevin Jerome Everson, Omer Fast, Robert Fenz, Coco Fusco, Gang Gang Dance  (Lizzi Bougatsos, Brian DeGraw, Tim DeWit, Josh Diamond, Nathan Maddox), Amy Granat / Drew Heitzler, Rashawn Griffin, Adler Guerrier, MK Guth, Fritz Haeg, Rachel Harrison, Ellen Harvey, Mary Heilmann, Leslie Hewitt, Patrick Hill, William E. Jones, Karen Kilimnik, Alice Könitz, Louise Lawler, Spike Lee, Sherrie Levine, Charles Long, Lucky Dragons Luke Fischbeck,Daniel Joseph Martinez, Corey McCorkle, Rodney McMillian, Julia Meltzer / David Thorne, Jennifer Montgomery, Olivier Mosset, Matt Mullican, Neighborhood Public Radio (NPR) , Ruben Ochoa, DJ Olive , Mitzi Pederson, Kembra Pfahler /The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, Seth Price, Stephen Prina, Adam Putnam, Michael Queenland, Jason Rhoades, Ry Rocklen, Bert Rodriguez, Marina Rosenfeld, Amanda Ross-Ho, Mika Rottenberg, Heather Rowe, Eduardo Sarabia, Melanie Schiff, Amie Siegel, Lisa Sigal, Gretchen Skogerson, Michael Smith, Agathe Snow, Frances Stark, New Humans / Mika Tajima, Howie Chen, Javier Téllez, Cheyney Thompson, Mungo Thomson, Leslie Thornton, Phoebe Washburn, James Welling, Mario Ybarra Jr.