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Dewey Decimal Number: 708 EAN: 9780810968325 ISBN: 0810968320 Label: Whitney Museum Manufacturer: Whitney Museum Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 292 Publication Date: March 01, 2002 Publisher: Whitney Museum Studio: Whitney Museum Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: "Not restricted by a single theme, the 2002 Biennial will expose multiple, sometimes conflicting currents, as well as extraordinary works that fall outside of any conventional aesthetic definition." Lawrence R. Rinder The "2002 Biennial Exhibition" is the 71st in the Whitney Museum's signature series highlighting the most significant developments in American art over the past few years. Throughout its history of support for the development of 20th- and 21st-century American art, the Whitney Museum has fostered contemporary artistic innovation and diversity through its acclaimed and often controversial Biennial. Countless prominent artists have made their museum debut at these diverse surveys of painting, sculpture, works on paper, film and video, performance, and installation. The current exhibition includes works by more than 100 artists in traditional Biennial mediums, as well as new inclusions such as web-related, digital, and sound art. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Biennial with an identity problem...Walking away from the 2002 Whitney Biennial, I had mixed feelings of the state of contemporary art. The Whitney has resigned to classifying it in a catch-all "pluralism" in which there simply is so many voices out there under so many disciplines and influences that it cannot be herded into an umbrella term. Fair enough, but the show is probably an ideal example of how problematic such resignation can be. The cross-over of disciplines fairly common among artists made for an interesting ... Read More 
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