Whitney Biennial 2008
Mar 6–June 1, 2008
Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2008 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Today there are more artists working in more genres, using more varieties of material, and moving among more geographic locations than ever before. By exploring the networks that exist among contemporary artists and the work they create, the Whitney Biennial 2008 characterizes the state of American art today.
The 2008 Biennial is curated by Henriette Huldisch, Assistant Curator at the Whitney, and Shamim M. Momin, Associate Curator at the Whitney and Branch Director and Curator of the Whitney Museum at Altria, and overseen by Donna De Salvo, the Whitney’s Chief Curator and Associate Director for Programs. Three advisors worked with the curatorial team throughout the process: Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem; Bill Horrigan, Director of the Media Arts department at the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University; and Linda Norden, independent curator and writer.
Artists
- 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
- Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn
- Shannon Ebner
- Gardar Eide Einarsson
- Roe Ethridge
- Kevin Jerome Everson
- Omer Fast
- Robert Fenz
- Coco Fusco
- Gang Gang Dance
- Amy Granat and Drew Heitzler
- Rashawn Griffin
- Adler Guerrier
- M. K. 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
- Daniel Joseph Martinez
- Corey McCorkle
- Rodney McMillian
- Julia Meltzer and 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
- Mika Tajima/New Humans
- Javier Téllez
- Cheyney Thompson
- Mungo Thomson
- Leslie Thornton
- Phoebe Washburn
- James Welling
- Mario Ybarra, Jr.
Installation Photography
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
Installation view of the 2008 Biennial (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 6–June 1, 2008). Photograph by Sheldan C. Collins
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In the News
“Occupying all but one floor of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Madison Avenue home, the show will also spill over into the Park Avenue Armory on 67th Street for several weeks.” —The New York Times
“. . . the overall tenor of the show is low-key, with work that seems to be in a transitional, questioning mode, art as conversation rather than as statement, testing this, trying that.” —The New York Times
“Within the crowded galleries of the Whitney’s Marcel Breuer building, one work of art spilled over into the next.” —The Burlington Magazine
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