Whitney Biennial 2002
Mar 7–May 26, 2002
The Whitney Biennial 2002 was curated by Lawrence R. Rinder, Chrissie Iles, Christiane Paul, and Debra Singer.
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Artists
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Robert Beavers
1 work in the collection
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Jeremy Blake
5 works in the collection
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AA Bronson
1 work in the collection
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Javier Cambre
1 work in the collection
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Jim Campbell
3 works in the collection
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Peter Campus
12 works in the collection
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Vija Celmins
11 works in the collection
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Chan Chao
8 works in the collection
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Stephen Dean
1 work in the collection
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Omer Fast
1 work in the collection
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Vincent Fecteau
1 work in the collection
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Tony Cokes
3 works in the collection
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Phil Solomon
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José Alvarez
1 work in the collection
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Robert Fenz
1 work in the collection
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Glen Fogel
4 works in the collection
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Forcefield
2 works in the collection
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Brian Frye
1 work in the collection
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David Gatten
1 work in the collection
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Luis Gispert
3 works in the collection
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Janine Gordon
5 works in the collection
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Trenton Doyle Hancock
28 works in the collection
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Rachel Harrison
10 works in the collection
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Tim Hawkinson
1 work in the collection
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Arturo Herrera
7 works in the collection
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Evan Holloway
2 works in the collection
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Dennis Hopper
1 work in the collection
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Peter Hutton
1 work in the collection
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Ken Jacobs
1 work in the collection
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Christian Jankowski
1 work in the collection
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Yun-Fei Ji
3 works in the collection
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Chris Johanson
2 works in the collection
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Vera Lutter
4 works in the collection
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Christian Marclay
193 works in the collection
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Bruce McClure
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Conor McGrady
4 works in the collection
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Meredith Monk
1 work in the collection
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Julie Moos
1 work in the collection
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Andrew Noren
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Roxy Paine
3 works in the collection
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Hirsch Perlman
13 works in the collection
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Pope.L
14 works in the collection
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Seth Price
2 works in the collection
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Luis Recoder
2 works in the collection
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Erwin Redl
1 work in the collection
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Salon de Fleurus
4 works in the collection
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Peter Sarkisian
1 work in the collection
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Collier Schorr
5 works in the collection
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Lorna Simpson
24 works in the collection
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Kiki Smith
130 works in the collection
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Gerry Snyder
1 work in the collection
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Stom Sogo
1 work in the collection
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Kimsooja
1 work in the collection
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Steina
1 work in the collection
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Rosie Lee Tompkins
1 work in the collection
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Stephen Vitiello
1 work in the collection
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Chris Ware
1 work in the collection
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Peter Williams
1 work in the collection
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Lebbeus Woods
1 work in the collection
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Peggy Ahwesh
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Maryanne Amacher
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Irit Batsry
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Zoe Beloff
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James Buckhouse
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Richard Chartier
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DJ Olive
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Keith Edmier
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Mary Flanagan
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Benjamin Fry
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Joe Gibbons
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Alfred Guzzetti
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Zhang Huan
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Tracie Morris
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Keith Sanborn
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Marina Rosenfeld
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Leighton Pierce
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Robert Nideffer
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Mark Napier
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Margot Lovejoy
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John Leaños
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Robert Lazzarini
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John Klima
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Diane Kitchen
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Margaret Kilgallen
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Miranda July
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Yael Kanarek
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Judith Schaechter
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Anne Wilson
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John Zurier
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Scott Stark
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Brian Tolle
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Lauretta Vinciarelli
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Ouattara Watts
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Bosmat Alon and Tirtza Even
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Archive: Chris Kubick and Ann Walsh
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Sanford Biggers and Jennifer Zackin
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Susan Black
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Destroy All Monsters Collective
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Gogol Bordello
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Lisa Jevbratt/C5
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Mark LaPore
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Ari Marcopoulos
2 works in the collection
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Josh On and Futurefarmers
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Praxis: Delia Bajo and Brainard Carey
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Walid Raad/The Atlas Group
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Chemi Rosado-Seijo
2 works in the collection
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The Rural Studio
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silt
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Fred Worden
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Joseph Cornell
8 works in the collection
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Ken Feingold
1 work in the collection
Installation Photography

Installation view of 2002 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of Art, New York, March 7–June 9, 2002). Left to right: Judith Schaechter, Speech Balloon, 1999; Judith Schaechter, Rejects, 2000; Judith Schaechter, Pale Oval, 1999; Judith Schaechter, BigtopFlophouse Bedspins, 2001; AA Bronson, Felix Partz June 5, 1994, 1994 and 1999; Yael Kanaarek, World of Awe, 2000. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson


Installation view of the 2002 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of Art, New York, March 7-June 9, 2002). Left to right: Ari Marcopoulos, Stockholm, 1999; Ari Marcopoulos, Mushroom Hike, 1999; Ari Marcopoulos, Johan, 2000; Ari Marcopoulos, Untitled (Phone and Tickets), 1999; Ari Marcopoulos, Hole in the Wall (detail), 1999; Ari Marcopoulos, Checking the Line, 2000; Ari Marcopoulos, Michi, 1999; Ari Marcopoulos, Mosquito, 2000; Ari Marcopoulos, Eero, 2000; Ari Marcopoulos, It was a good day, 1999; Ari Marcopoulos, Juneau, AK, 1999; Ari Marcopoulos, Globe 1,1999. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson


Installation view of the 2002 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of Art, New York, March 7–June 9, 2002). Left to right: Anne Wilson, Topologies (3.5.02), 2002; back wall: Vera Lutter, Frankfurt Airport XIII: May 2, 2001, 2001; Lebeus Woods, Excavation, 2002; Lebeus Woods, Terrain 1-10, 1999. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson


Installation view of the 2002 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of Art, New York, March 7–June 9, 2002). Left to right: Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 2000; Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 1999; Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 2001; Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 1999; Vincent Fecteau, Untitled, 1999. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson


Installation view of the 2002 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of Art, New York, March 7–June 9, 2002). Left to right: Vija Celmins, Untitled(Web), 2000; Vija Celmins, Web #2, 2000–2001; top center: Vera Lutter, Friedrichshafen, Harbour I: August 22–23, 1999, 1999. Bottom Center: Richard Chartier, series ,2000; Lauretta Vinciarelli, Void Volume of Light #1-7, 2001. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson


Installation view of the 2002 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of Art, New York, March 7–June 9, 2002). Left to right: Luis Gispert, Remix (Extended Beats), 2001; Luis Gispert, Untitled (Single Floating Cheerleader), 2001; Luis Gispert, Untitled (3 Asian Cheerleaders), 2001. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson


Installation view of the 2002 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of Art, New York, March 7–June 9, 2002). Left to right: Christian Marclay, Prosthesis, 2000; Christian Marclay, Virtuoso, 2000; Christian Marclay, Drumkit, 1999; Christian Marclay, Lip Lock, 2000; Christian Marclay, Vertebrate, 2000. Photograph by Charles Eshelman


Installation view of the 2002 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of Art, New York, March 7–June 9, 2002). Left to right: Rural Studio, Newburn Baseball Club, Hale County, Alabama, completed 2001; Samuel Mockabee Tupac, One Love, 2001; Samuel Mockabee, The Rural Studio Lucy’s House, Hale County, Alabama, to be completed in 2002. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson


Installation view of the 2002 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Museum of Art, New York, March 7–June 9, 2002). Left to right: Chan Chao, Member of KNLA, August, 1996; Chan Chao, Thaung Tin and Friend, May 1997, 2001; Chan Chao, Trin Taw Llang, January 1998, 2001; Chan Chao, Sein Win Tin and Nay Htoo, June 1997, 2001; Chan Chao, Kyaw Htoo and Robey, June 1997, 2001. Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson

In the News
“[The 2002 Whitney Biennial] has been called noble, eclectic, generous and inclusive—not inaccurate characterizations from certain angles. But the latest version of this major showcase of American art is also bleak, pious, naïve, monotonous, isolated and isolating.” —The New York Times
“The main thing this biennial has going for it [. . .] is a point of view—idiosyncratic, hermetic, even kooky though it may be—that makes the show read a bit like a loose, discursive essay.” —The New York Times
“The Whitney Museum, for the duration of the 2002 Biennial, is a place not only to look but also to listen.” —The New York Times
“The Whitney Museum’s 2002 Biennial exhibition [. . .] has for the first time in more than 70 years opened its arms wide enough to include architecture.” —The New York Times
“The notion of an art world run by a command central is arrière-garde by now. And anyway—bottom line—after all the biennial words are in, it’s artists who matter and have the answers, and there are some good ones at the Whitney.” —The New York Times
“. . . net-based works have again featured prominently in [the Whitney’s] Biennial . . .” —The Guardian
“. . . the curators [. . .] managed, apparently by accident, to make one single crucial point: There is no such thing as American art. Maybe there never was.” —The Washington Post
“. . . filled with slight art, undemonstrative art, and casual art that borrows subjects from everyday life without making a lot of fuss. The art at the Whitney, as engaging and often as shallow as television commercials, was mostly as charming and sentimental as old Hollywood movies.” —The Burlington Magazine
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