Whitney Biennial 1997
Mar 20–June 1, 1997
Installation photography
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Installation view of the 1997 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 20–June 15, 1997). From left to right: Lari Pittman, Once Awkward, Now Spacious and Elastic (1996); Lari Pittman, Once Left for Dead, Now Madly Kissed (1996); Lari Pittman, Once Inverted, Now Throw-Away and Exponential (1996); Lari Pittman, Once Religious and Descriptive, Now Secular and Fragrant (1997); Lari Pittman, Once Pastoral and Deceptive, Now Congested and Pragmatic (1997). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1997 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 20–June 15, 1997). From left to right: Ed Ruscha, Bloated Empire (1997); Ed Ruscha, Brave Man’s Porch (1996); Ed Ruscha, Industrial Truck Bodies (1997); center: M. Ashkin, No.49 (1997). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1997 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 20–June 15, 1997). Kara Walker, Presenting Negro Scenes Drawn Upon My Passage Through the South and Reconfigured for the Benefit of Enlightened Audiences Wherever Such May Be Found. By Myself, Missus K.E.B.Walker, Colored (1997). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1997 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 20–June 15, 1997). From left to right: Annette Lawrence, The Ancestors and Their Womb V (1995); Annette Lawrence, The Ancestors and Their Womb IV (1995); Annette Lawrence, The Ancestors and Their Womb II (1995); Annette Lawrence, Moons (1996). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1997 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 20–June 15, 1997). From left to right: Paul Shambroom, Untitled (Minuteman II missile in truck, technician preparing for transport in Transporter erector vehicle, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (1992); Paul Shambroom, Untitled (Peacekeeper missile W87/Mk-21 Reentry vehicle(warhead)storage, each with 300 kiloton estimated yield, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY) (1992); Paul Shambroom, Untitled (B83 nuclear gravity bombs, each with estimated 1 megaton yield, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana (1995). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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Installation view of the 1997 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 20–June 15, 1997). From left to right: Matthew Ritchie, Seven Earths (1995); Matthew Ritchie, The Binding Problem (1996); in case: Matthew Ritchie, Autogenesis (1996–97). Photograph by Geoffrey Clements
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