An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940–2017
Aug 18, 2017–Aug 27, 2018
Abuse of Power
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In the 1990s, artists witnessed the persistence of racialized violence in American society and responded with newfound urgency. Two groundbreaking and controversial exhibitions at the Whitney, the 1993 Biennial and Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art (1994), tackled this issue directly. The Museum acquired works by Mel Chin and Carl Pope after they were shown in Black Male. Purposefully confrontational, the artists and their artworks speak unapologetically about painful aspects of American history and question state-sanctioned systems of authority. These works are exhibited here with the understanding that this history of systemic violence is not past. For many Americans, it is all too well known and personally felt.
Daniel Joseph Martinez (b. 1957), Divine Violence, 2007
Daniel Joseph Martinez, Divine Violence, 2007 (Installation view, Whitney Museum of American Art). Automotive paint on wooden panels, 153 x 275 x 187 in. (388.6 x 698.5 x 475 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee, with additional funds from Neil Bluhm, Melva Bucksbaum, Philip Geier, Jr., Nicki Harris, Allison Kanders and Pamela Sanders 2008.289a-d. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
Artists
- John Ahearn
- Emma Amos
- Richard Avedon
- Rudolf Baranik
- Bastian
- Andrea Bowers
- Mark Bradford
- AA Bronson
- Paul Burlin
- Andrew Castrucci
- Paul Chan
- Mel Chin
- Larry Clark
- Clergy and Laymen Concerned
- Sue Coe
- William N. Copley
- william cordova
- Crash
- Greg Daily
- Allan D'Arcangelo
- Bruce Davidson
- Daze
- Richard Deagle
- Jane Dickson
- Louis H. Draper
- Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds
- Melvin Edwards
- England Free Press
- Avram Finkelstein
- Larry Fink
- Hermine Freed
- Vincent Gagliostro
- Ja'Tovia Gary
- Theaster Gates
- General Idea
- Jeffrey Gibson
- John Giorno
- Leon Golub
- Felix Gonzalez-Torres
- Gran Fury
- Nancy Grossman
- Gross National Product
- Group Material
- Guerrilla Girls
- Keith Haring
- Leslie Hewitt
- Charles B. Hinman
- Jenny Holzer
- International Union of Students
- Rashid Johnson
- Mary Kelly
- Edward Kienholz
- Barbara Kruger
- Kiyoshi Kuromiya
- Suzanne Lacy
- Tom Lafferty
- Lambert Studios, Inc.
- Annette Lemieux
- John Lennon
- Glenn Ligon
- Fred Lonidier
- A. Lunsford
- Michael Lynne
- Daniel Joseph Martinez
- Josephine Meckseper
- Julie Mehretu
- Toyo Miyatake
- Mobilization by the Antioch Bookplate Co.
- Donald Moffett
- Frank Moore
- Peter Moore
- Robert Morris
- Napalm Graphics
- National Peace Action Coalition
- Senga Nengudi
- Louise Nevelson
- New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
- Northern California Peace Action Coalition
- Yoko Ono
- Gordon Parks
- Dan Patterson
- Don Peterson
- Irving Petlin
- Howardena Pindell
- Carl Pope
- Pro-Arts, Inc.
- Ad Reinhardt
- Marlon Riggs
- Faith Ringgold
- Kay Rosen
- Martha Rosler
- Robert L. Ross
- Santa Monica Moratorium Committee
- Dread Scott
- Brian Shannon
- Gary Simmons
- Leif Skoogfors, 1940-
- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
- Jack Sonenberg
- SP/4 Vietnam
- Nancy Spero
- Tom Starace
- May Stevens
- Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
- Carol Summers
- the Gallery
- The Union of Vietnamese in the United States
- Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
- Mierle Laderman Ukeles
- United Women’s Contingent
- Unknown artist
- Various artists
- Vietnam Day Committee
- Vietnam Peace Parade Committee
- Vietnam Referendum '70
- Kara Walker
- William Weege
- David Weinrib
- Irving White
- David Wojnarowicz
- Joseph Wolin
- Women Strike for Peace
- Martin Wong
- Adja Yunkers