Whitney Biennial 1991
Apr 2–June 30, 1991
Artists
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Vito Acconci
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Peggy Ahwesh and Keith Sanborn
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Carlos Alfonzo
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Lawrence Andrews
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Ida Applebroog and Beth B.
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Gregg Araki
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Charles Atlas
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Jennifer Bartlett
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Ericka Beckman and Mike Kelley
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Nayland Blake
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Hans Breder
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Chuck Close
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Tony Cokes and Donald Trammel
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John Coplans
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Zeinabu Irene Davis
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Jessica Diamond
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Juan Downey
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Carroll Dunham
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Jeanne Dunning
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Steve Fagin
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Eric Fischl
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Bill Fontana
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Su Friedrich
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Dawn Fryling
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Adam Fuss
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Joseph M. Glasco
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Robert Gober
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres
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Vanalyne Green
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Group Material
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Peter Halley
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Keith Haring
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Gary Hill
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Roni Horn
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Peter Hutton
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Wendy Jacob
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Luis Jimenez
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Jasper Johns
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Larry Johnson
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Joan Jonas
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Tom Kalin
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Alex Katz
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Mike Kelley
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Ellsworth Kelly
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Mary Kelly
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Lewis Klahr
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Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt
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Louise Lawler
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Roy Lichtenstein
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Glenn Ligon
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Donald Lipski
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Jennie Livingston
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Sally Mann
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Christian Marclay
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Victor Masayesva Jr.
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David McDermott and Peter McGough
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John E. Miller
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Richard Misrach
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Joan Mitchell
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Meredith Monk
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Aimee (Rankin) Morgana
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Ed Moses
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Celia Alvarez Muñoz
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Antonio Muntadas
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Elizabeth Murray
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Bruce Nauman
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Cady Noland
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Pat O'Neill
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Philip Pearlstein
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Ellen Phelan
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Rona Pondick
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Rebecca Purdum
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Yvonne Rainer
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Alan Rath
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Robert Rauschenberg
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Marlon Riggs
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Allen Ruppersberg
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David Salle
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Joseph Santore
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Julian Schnabel
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Jim Shaw
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Cindy Sherman
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Laurie Simmons
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Lorna Simpson
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Jennie Smith
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Kiki Smith
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Philip Smith
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Warren Sonbert
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Pat Steir
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Frank Stella
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Jessica Stockholder
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Philip Taaffe
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Rea Tajiri
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Janice Tanaka
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Mark Tansey
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Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
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Francesc Torres
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Cy Twombly
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Alex Webb
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Carrie Mae Weems
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David Wojnarowicz
Installation Photography
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Roy Lichtenstein, Interior with African Mask (1991); Roy Lichtenstein, Interior with Mirrored Wall (1991); Chuck Close, April (1990–91). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Robert Rauschenberg, Yellow Visor (1989); Frank Stella, Watson and the Shark I (1991); Robert Rauschenberg, Applachian Double Latch Spring Glut (1989). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Philip Pearlstein, Fox, Fish, Models and Wooden Lady (1991); Ellsworth Kelly, Green Curve with White Panel (1989); Cy Twombly, Untitled (1983–90); Roy Lichtenstein, Interior with Mirrored Wall (1991); Chuck Close, April (1990–91). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Pat Steir, Curtain Waterfall (1991); Pat Steir, Sixteen Waterfalls of Dreams, Memories, and Sentiments (1990); Joan Mitchell, Champs (1990). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Roni Horn, Thicket No.2 (1990); Peter Halley, The Moment Passed (1989); Mark Tansey, Wheel (1990); Mark Tansey, Bridge Over the Cartesian Gap (1990). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Robert Rauschenberg, Appalachian Double Latch Spring Glut (1989); Philip Pearlstein, Fox, Fish, Models and Wooden Lady (1991); Philip Pearlstein, Model Posing with Unfinished Painting (1990). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: floor: Mike Kelley, Untitled (1990); wall left to right: series Empathy Displacement: Humanoid Morphology (2nd and 3rd Remove), 1990(Panels: #1, #2;#7;#9;#11;#9;#11;#14;#15). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Adam Fuss, Untitled (1990); Adam Fuss, Untitled (1990); Adam Fuss, Untitled (1990); Adam Fuss, Untitled (1990); Larry Johnson, Untitled(Winter Me) (1990); Larry Johnson, Untitled (Jesus+1) (1990). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Laurie Simmons, Sitting Microscope (1991); Eric Fischl, On the Steps of the Temple (1989); Eric Fischl, In the Temple (1989); center: Roni Horn, Thicket No.3: Kafka’s Palindrome (1991). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Lauri Simmons, Sitting Microscope (1991); Ellen Phelan, Summer Light—Morning(Second Version) (1989); Robert Gober, Untitled (1990). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1991 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2–June 23, 1991). From left to right: Thomas Lanigan Schmidt, Incomplete caress (1989–90); Thomas Lanigan Schmidt, Olympio (the Naked Maho) (1989–90); Thomas Lanigan Schmidt, Platonic Love(Mozart and Candy Cubism) (1989–90); Luis Jimenez, Border Crossing—Cruzando El Rio Bravo (1989). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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“. . . a Biennial bigger, more eclectic and more eager to please, and one that prudently claims not to display the best works but ‘to represent in a broad way some of the most notable characteristics of American art today.” —The New York Times
“. . . this year’s selections do not turn away from mainstream film making; they confront it with strong, accessible, artistically dazzling messages.” —The New York Times
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