{"id":4204,"date":"2017-05-22T21:15:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T21:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.niio.com\/wordpress\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2022-05-31T14:28:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:28:15","slug":"the-whitney-biennial-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/the-whitney-biennial-17\/","title":{"rendered":"The Whitney Biennial &#8217;17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Biennial marks the seventy-eight installment of the country&#8217;s longest-running survey of American art.<\/p>\n<p>The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973. The Whitney show is generally regarded as one of the leading shows in the art world, often setting or leading trends in contemporary art. It is known to have brought artists Georgia O&#8217;Keeffee, Jackson Pollock and Jeff Koons to prominence.<\/p>\n<p>With 63 individuals and collectives featured, we were thrilled to see that<strong> 1\/3 of the selected works (23)<\/strong> were media art works (e.g. videos, films, websites, games etc.) &nbsp;Some of our favorites:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/2017Biennial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Kessler<\/a>&nbsp;(performative sculpture w\/ LCD screen &amp; iPhone)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/2017Biennial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Hartung<\/a>&nbsp;(video)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/2017Biennial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Wolfson<\/a> (VR)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/2017Biennial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Post Commodity<\/a> (4 channel video)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/2017Biennial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya Stovall<\/a> (video)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/2017Biennial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anicka Yi<\/a> (video)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/2017Biennial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oto Gillen<\/a> (video)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5265-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5265\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/whitneyplayer-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"whitneyplayer\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5290-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5290 (1)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5286-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5286\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tommyh-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"tommyh\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_5275-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5275\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See what some had to say about the show:<\/p>\n<p><strong>NYT<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/08\/arts\/design\/a-users-guide-to-the-whitney-biennial.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A User&#8217;s Guide to the Whitney<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/08\/arts\/design\/a-users-guide-to-the-whitney-biennial.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Biennial<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/08\/arts\/design\/a-users-guide-to-the-whitney-biennial.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<\/a><strong>The New Yorker:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2017\/03\/27\/the-whitney-biennials-political-mood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Whitney Biennial&#8217;s Political Mood<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><strong>Forbes:<\/strong><em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/adamlehrer\/2017\/03\/14\/10-art-works-you-must-see-at-the-2017-whitney-biennial\/#5d5696fd1c82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Artworks You Must See At the Whitney Biennial<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em><strong>Vulture:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2017\/03\/the-new-whitney-biennial-is-the-most-political-in-decades.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Whitney Biennial is the Most Political in Decades<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Whitney Biennial &#8217;17 selects and features 23 new media artworks, which comprises of one-third of the overall exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30],"tags":[98,115,132,28,171,144,40,31,172,36,65],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.4 - 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