Whitney Biennial 2026

Isabelle Frances McGuire’s installation draws on mythic scenes in American history, from the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, to Abraham Lincoln’s birth near Hodgenville, Kentucky. The three witches’ bodies are made using open-source medical 3D CT scans of human bodies. Although this type of scan offers high-fidelity internal images, it leaves the outward appearance of the body incomplete. Two Salem villagers hover nearby, their bodies built from different character models drawn from the video game Doom.