Whitney Biennial 1975: Contemporary American Art
Jan 20–Apr 9, 1975
Cover for 1975 Biennial catalogue
Whitney Biennial 1975: Contemporary American Art was curated by John Hanhardt, Barbara Haskell, James Monte, Elke Solomon, and Marcia Tucker.
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Artists
- Billy Adler and John Margolies
- Martha Alf
- David Anderson
- James R. Anderson
- John Arvanites
- Dennis Ashbaugh
- Domingo Barreres
- W. B. Bearman
- Tony Bechara
- Gene Beery
- Allan Edward Bertoldi
- Gary Beydler
- Ross Bleckner
- George Bolling
- Cheryl Bowers
- Robin Bruch
- Scott Burton
- Barry Buxkamper
- Jim Byrne
- Sam Cady
- Cristiano Camacho
- Larry Ray Camp
- Sarah Anne Canright
- Mel Casas
- Thomas Chimes
- Joseph Clower
- Maxine Cole
- Christopher Darton
- Phil Douglas Davis
- John Dickson
- Joe Di Giorgio
- Paul Dillon
- John E. Dowell Jr.
- Juan Downey
- Carol Eckman
- William Fares
- Frank Faulkner
- Kathleen Ferguson
- Carole Fisher
- Kent Floeter
- John Ford
- Terry Fox
- Hermine Freed
- Charles Gaines
- Charles Garabedian
- Richard George
- Abigail Gerd
- Frank Gillette
- Roland Ginzel
- Joel Glassman
- Ron Gorchov
- John S. Gordon
- George Green
- Tom Green
- Dominick Guida
- Fred N. Guyot
- Don Hazlitt
- Leonard L. Hunter III
- Miyoko Ito
- Jack Jefferson
- Pamela Jenrette
- Virginia Johnson
- David Jones
- Jerry Jones
- Elizabeth Ann Knox
- Beryl Korot
- Paul Kos
- Robert Kushner
- Salvatore J. La Rosa
- Patricia Lay
- Marilyn Lenkowsky
- Alvin Light
- Carol Lindsley
- Kim MacConnel
- David Mackenzie
- William E. Mahan
- Andy Mann
- Allan McCollum
- Jan Lee McComas
- Todd McKie
- George Miller
- Judith Suzanne Miller
- Scott Miller
- Rudolph Montanez
- Philip Mullen
- Hiroshi Murata
- Hass Murphy
- Paula Nees
- Stuart Nielsen
- Rob Roy Norton Jr.
- Mary McLean Obering
- Carl Palazzolo
- Lan Payne
- James Perry
- Judy Pfaff
- Tomaso Puliafito
- Cherie Raciti
- Kaare Rafoss
- Anthony Ramos
- David Reed
- Roland Reiss
- Gregg Renfrow
- Philip Renteria
- Bill Richards
- Judy Rifka
- Frank Rivera
- George Rodart
- John Scott Roloff
- Edward Ross
- Barbara Rossi
- Barbara Quinn Roth
- Edwin Rothfarb
- Paul Rotterdam
- Allen Ruppersberg
- Ursula Schneider
- John Schnell
- Barbara Schwartz
- Samuel Scott
- Ilene Segalove
- Rudy Serra
- Charles Simonds
- Alexis Smith
- Andrew Spence
- Earl Staley
- Barbara Strasen
- John Sturgeon
- Gene Sturman
- Susanna Tanger
- Robert Thiele
- Richard Thompson
- Ken Tisa
- Alan Turner
- Alan Uglow
- Carolynn Umlauf
- Thomas M. Uttech
- Bill Viola
- Mary Warner
- Robert J. Warrens
- Sibyl L. Weil
- John Wenger
- Wanda Westcoast
- Mark Christian Wethli
- Edward R. Whiteman
- Andrew Wilf
- Donald Roller Wilson
- Connie Zehr
- Elyn Zimmerman
Installation photography
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). From left to right: Hass Murphy, The Concrete Blues (1974); Edward Ross, Untitled (1974); John Schnell, Green Tea (1974); Scott Burton, Table Series: 1 & III (1974); Mark Christian, Welthil Westerfield (1973); lower left: James Perry, Untitled 74-2 (1974). Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). From left to right: William Fares, Untitled (1974); Sam Cady, Highway Fragment; George Rodari, Siberian Express (1974); center: Connie Zehr, Red Carpet (1975). Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). From left to right: Leonard L. Hunter III, Ebbett’s Pass (1972); Jan Lee MComas, Ashland City (1973); Larry Ray Camp, HAJOCA (1974); Kathleen Ferguson, Kryptos (1974); David Anderson, Starfield (1973). Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). From left to right: Roland Ginzel, Desbarats Painting 1 (1973); Robert Thompson, Country Music (1974); Barry Buxkamper, Bovine Intrusion (1974). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). From left to right: Joe DiGiorgio, Yosemite: Lake (1974); Phillip Mullen, Two Rains (1974); Frank Rivera, Composition with Blue. Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). From left to right: Alvin Light, Summer (1974); Ron Gorchov, Untitled (1974); Kaare Rafoss, Aana Sira (1974). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). From left to right: Thomas Uttech, Untitled; C. Bowers, Debriefing with Rose; Scott Miller, Animal Tank; Ross Bleckner, After Count Thun’s Dream (1974); Kent Floeter, Untitled (1974); Maxine Cole, Phoenix. Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). From left to right: Ross Bleckner, After Count Thun’s Dream (1974); James Perry, Untitled 74-2 (1974); Edward Ross, Untitled (1974); John Schnell, Green Tea (1974); Scott Burton, Table Series: Table I & II. Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9. 1975). From left to right: Earl Stanley, Skull with Landscape; Mary Warner, Night Watch (1973); Charles Garabedian, Bullet for Cliff; center: George Green, Garden of Embrace (1974). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1975 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 20–April 9, 1975). From left to right: Dennis Ashbaugh, Agitprop-Tram (1974); David Mackenzie, B.G. (1973); Phil Davis, Gesture; Gene Sturman, The Scythian mercenaries have arrived (1974); center right: Roland Ress, The Truth Table. Photograph by Sandak, Inc.
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In the News
“A push toward change is symbolized in the museum’s current biennial exhibition . . .” —The New York Times
“The Whitney curatorial staff has amply demonstrated its weakness for funky, kinky, kitschy claptrap in recent years, and there is the inevitable abundance of this rubbish in the current show. There is also a fair representation of perfectly serious abstract painting [. . .]. There are excursions into realism, both of the academic and photorealist persuasions, and the requisite portion of Conceptual art.” —The New York Times
“The Whitney has lately been eclectic in its tastes—with if anything a bias in favor of boisterous, kitsch-oriented work from way out of town—and I see no signs in the 1975 Biennial Exhibition of any change of heart in that respect.” —The New York Times
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