Whitney Biennial 2019

Festival: 17 May 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

Whitney Biennial 2019
Korakrit Arunanondchai, , Together with history in a room filled with people with funny names 4, 2017. , High-definition video, color, sound; 23:28 min. , Image courtesy the artist; boychild; Clearing, New York and Brussels; and Carlos/Ishikawa, London. , Photograph by Alexander Addington-White

The Whitney Biennial is an unmissable event for anyone interested in finding out what’s happening in art today. Curators Jane Panetta and Rujeko Hockley have been visiting artists over the past year in search of the most important and relevant work. Featuring seventy-five artists and collectives working in painting, sculpture, installation, film and video, photography, performance, and sound, the 2019 Biennial takes the pulse of the contemporary artistic moment. Introduced by the Museum’s founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1932, the Biennial is the longest-running exhibition in the country to chart the latest developments in American art.

Artists

Works

  • Meriem Bennani, Siham & Hafida, 2017. Six-channel digital video installation, color, sound; 30 min. (looped), dimensions variable. Installation view, The Kitchen, New York, NY, 2017. Image courtesy the artist. Photograph by Jason Mandella
  • Garrett Bradley, A.K.A., 2019. High-definition video, color, sound; 10:27 min. Image courtesy the artist
  • Lucas Blalock, The Nonconformist, 2017-2019. Archival inkjet print mounted on aluminum, 83 3/4 × 62 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (212.7 × 157.8 × 6.4 cm). Image courtesy the artist; Galerie Eva Presenhuber, NY and Zurich; and Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
  • Thirza Cuthand, Reclamation, 2018. High-definition video, color, sound; 13:11 min. Image courtesy the artist
  • John Edmonds, The Villain, 2018. , Inkjet print, 30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)., Image courtesy the artist and Company, New York.
  • Forensic Architecture, 77sqm_9:26min, 2017. , Three-channel high-definition video, color, sound; 28:55 min. , Image courtesy Forensic Architecture, London
  • Ellie Ga, Gyres 1-3, 2019. Two channel video with sound. Image courtesy the artist and Bureau, New York
  • Sofía Gallisá Muriente, Lluvia con nieve/Rain with snow, 2014. Two-channel video, black-and-white, sound, 13:32 min. Image courtesy the artist
  • Todd Gray, Pax 3, 2017. , Three archival pigment prints in artist’s frames and found frames, , 48 3/4 × 38 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (123.83 × 97.79 × 8.89 cm). , Private Collection, Los Angeles. , Image courtesy the artist and Meliksetian Briggs, Los Angeles
  • Barbara Hammer, History Lessons, 2000. , 16mm film, color, sound, 66:51 min. Image courtesy the artist
  • Ilana Harris-Babou, Finishing a Raw Basement, 2017. Ultra-high-definition video, color, sound; 6:41 min. Image courtesy the artist
  • Curran Hatleberg, Untitled (Camaro), 2017. , Inkjet print, 19 × 23 1/2 in. (48.3 × 59.7 cm)., Image courtesy the artist and Higher Pictures, New York
  • Steffani Jemison, Sensus Plenior, 2017. High-definition video, black-and-white, sound; 34:36 min. Image courtesy the artist
  • Elle Pérez, Dick, 2018. , Inkjet print, 44 3/8 × 31 in. (112.7 × 78.7 cm). , Image courtesy the artist and 47 Canal, New York
  • Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Ariel Goldberg, Camera Lesson, 2018. , Inkjet print, 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm). , Image courtesy the artists; Team Gallery, New York; , Document Gallery, Chicago; and , Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles