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