Whitney Museum of American Art: Watch and Listen: Exhibition Installation Processes

2010 Biennial: Robert Grosvenor: Installing Untitled

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:23:47 -0400

In this video, 2010 artist Robert Grosvenor introduces the way in which his sculpture, Untitled, 2009, was installed in the Whitney Biennial.

2010 Biennial: Thomas Houseago: Installing Baby

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:34:58 -0400

2010 artist Thomas Houseago discusses the inspiration for his sculpture, Baby, and describes how the sculpture travelled from L.A. to the Whitney Museum for the Biennial.

Installation of Claes Oldenburg’s Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich), 1963

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:51:54 -0400

Curator Dana Miller narrates the assembling of Claes Oldenburg’s Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Sandwich). Using early installation photographs as a reference, Miller guides art handlers through the placement of each of the “bacon,” “lettuce,” and “tomatoes” of the soft sculpture. This careful process is one of the many ways, the curator explains, in which Oldenburg’s work encourages the viewer to “look at your world with fresh eyes.”

Installation of Jenny Holzer’s For Chicago

Whitney Museum of American Art — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:11:42 -0400

This time-lapse video documents the installation of the LED sculpture For Chicago (2008) for the Museum’s presentation of Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT.