America Is Hard to See | Art & Artists

May 1–Sept 27, 2015

Exhibition works

A portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney lounging on a couch.

1

Eight West Eighth

Floor 1
An abstract painting with swirly and geometric lines.

2

Forms Abstracted

Floor 8

3

Music, Pink and Blue

4

Breaking the Prairie

Floor 7
Large industrial building with rays of light crossing it.

5

Machine Ornament

Floor 8

6

Free Radicals

Floor 7

7

The Circus

Floor 7
Red building with green storefronts, a barber pole, and a fire hydrant on a sunny day with long shadows.

8

Rose Castle

Floor 7
A work by Willem de Kooning. An abstract painting of a woman with a bicycle depicted in vivid colors

9

New York, N.Y., 1955

Floor 7

10

Fighting with All Our Might

Floor 7

11

Raw War

Floor 6
Gray layers of oil paint and sediment radiate in a starlike shape from a central white point that seems to emanate light in a monumental abstract artwork standing over 10½ feet tall.

12

Scotch Tape

Floor 6
A painting of a person swimming to a life raft surrounded by three shark fins.

13

Threat and Sanctuary

Floor 5

14

Learn Where the Meat Comes From

Floor 5

15

Large Trademark

Floor 6

16

White Target

Floor 6
A woman's back with a drawing in blood.

17

Guarded View

Floor 5
Rope artwork hanging from the ceiling

18

Rational Irrationalism

Floor 6

19

Get Rid of Yourself

Floor 5
A print of two children with the text "We don't need another hero" across them in a red bar.

20

Racing Thoughts

Floor 5
Six color images of people in various scenes.

21

Love Letter From The War Front

Floor 5
A print of a woman in a room looking outside a large window.

22

Distracting Distance

Floor 5

23

Course of Empire

Floor 5

Artists

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On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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Due to the winter storm, the Whitney Museum is closing at 8pm today, December 26.