Whitney Biennial 1991
Apr 2–June 30, 1991
Artists
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Vito Acconci
11 works in the collection -
Carlos Alfonzo
1 work in the collection -
Lawrence Andrews
2 exhibitions -
Charles Atlas
3 works in the collection -
Jennifer Bartlett
18 works in the collection -
Nayland Blake
5 works in the collection -
Hans Breder
3 works in the collection -
Chuck Close
43 works in the collection -
John Coplans
30 works in the collection -
Jessica Diamond
5 works in the collection -
Carroll Dunham
69 works in the collection -
Jeanne Dunning
1 work in the collection -
Eric Fischl
18 works in the collection -
Su Friedrich
2 exhibitions -
Adam Fuss
5 works in the collection -
Robert Gober
50 works in the collection -
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
15 works in the collection -
Group Material
1 work in the collection -
Peter Halley
6 works in the collection -
Keith Haring
6 works in the collection -
Gary Hill
6 works in the collection -
Roni Horn
8 works in the collection -
Peter Hutton
1 work in the collection -
Luis Jimenez
1 work in the collection -
Jasper Johns
216 works in the collection -
Larry Johnson
1 work in the collection -
Joan Jonas
11 works in the collection -
Tom Kalin
2 exhibitions -
Alex Katz
82 works in the collection -
Ellsworth Kelly
55 works in the collection -
Mary Kelly
2 works in the collection -
Lewis Klahr
3 exhibitions -
Louise Lawler
11 works in the collection -
Roy Lichtenstein
451 works in the collection -
Glenn Ligon
40 works in the collection -
Donald Lipski
3 works in the collection -
Jennie Smith
1 work in the collection -
Sally Mann
12 works in the collection -
Christian Marclay
195 works in the collection -
Victor Masayesva Jr.
2 exhibitions -
Joan Mitchell
11 works in the collection -
Richard Misrach
18 works in the collection -
Meredith Monk
1 work in the collection -
Ed Moses
6 works in the collection -
Elizabeth Murray
50 works in the collection -
Bruce Nauman
52 works in the collection -
Cady Noland
3 works in the collection -
Pat O'Neill
4 works in the collection -
Philip Pearlstein
20 works in the collection -
Rona Pondick
1 work in the collection -
Ellen Phelan
30 works in the collection -
Yvonne Rainer
2 works in the collection -
Alan Rath
3 works in the collection -
Robert Rauschenberg
85 works in the collection -
Marlon Riggs
1 work in the collection -
David Salle
23 works in the collection -
Allen Ruppersberg
11 works in the collection -
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt
1 work in the collection -
Julian Schnabel
6 works in the collection -
Jim Shaw
11 works in the collection -
Cindy Sherman
25 works in the collection -
Laurie Simmons
39 works in the collection -
Lorna Simpson
24 works in the collection -
Kiki Smith
130 works in the collection -
Philip Smith
2 works in the collection -
Pat Steir
39 works in the collection -
Frank Stella
89 works in the collection -
Jessica Stockholder
5 works in the collection -
Philip Taaffe
4 works in the collection -
Rea Tajiri
2 exhibitions -
Janice Tanaka
2 exhibitions -
Francesc Torres
1 work in the collection -
Mark Tansey
5 works in the collection -
Cy Twombly
11 works in the collection -
Carrie Mae Weems
12 works in the collection -
David Wojnarowicz
48 works in the collection -
Gregg Araki
1 exhibition -
Zeinabu Irene Davis
1 exhibition -
Steve Fagin
2 exhibitions -
Dawn Fryling
1 exhibition -
Vanalyne Green
1 exhibition -
Wendy Jacob
1 exhibition -
Aimee (Rankin) Morgana
1 exhibition -
Celia Alvarez Muñoz
1 exhibition -
Antonio Muntadas
1 exhibition -
Rebecca Purdum
1 exhibition -
Joseph Santore
1 exhibition -
Warren Sonbert
5 exhibitions -
Alex Webb
1 exhibition -
Joseph M. Glasco
1 work in the collection -
David McDermott and Peter McGough
3 exhibitions -
Peggy Ahwesh and Keith Sanborn
1 exhibition -
Ericka Beckman and Mike Kelley
1 exhibition -
Tony Cokes and Donald Trammel
1 exhibition -
Ida Applebroog and Beth B.
1 exhibition -
Bill Fontana
1 exhibition -
Mike Kelley
27 works in the collection -
Jennie Livingston
1 exhibition -
John E. Miller
1 work in the collection -
Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
4 works in the collection -
Juan Downey
1 work in the collection
Installation Photography

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

In the News
“. . . 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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