{"id":48254,"date":"2017-03-15T12:21:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T11:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=48254"},"modified":"2017-03-15T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T11:21:20","slug":"whitney-biennial-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/whitney-biennial-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Biennial: Political yet Playful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15_RauldeNieves_Install_2017Biennial.jpg\" alt=\"Raul De Nieves Whitney Biennial\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/> Installation view of &#8220;beginning &amp; the end neither &amp; the otherwise betwixt &amp; between the end is the beginning &amp; the end&#8221; (2016) by Ra\u00fal De Nieves. Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 13-June 11, 2017. Collection of the artist; courtesy Company Gallery, New York. Photograph by Matthew Carasella<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Whitney Biennial is the first major art event to occur in the wake of a tumultuous last few months. As such, it was no surprise that the themes explored would encompass the formation of self and the individual\u2019s place in a turbulent society. Upon the press opening, the New York institution\u2019s director hinted that irony was off the cards but that didn\u2019t give away the wide breadth of critical, joyous and eclectic art on offer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Curators Christopher Y. Lew and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/2016\/12\/14\/female-curators-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mia Locks<\/a> selected 63 artists to fill two floors of the museum with art that states they\u2019re neither apathetic nor indifferent \u2013 and definitely not cynical. Some of the most potent works included Henry Taylor\u2019s painting of the moment when Philando Castile was\u00a0shot by the police live on Facebook. The harrowing image, however, gives a cry for hope with the title \u201cTHE TIMES THAY AINT A CHANGING, FAST ENOUGH!\u201d exhibiting a sense of\u00a0urgency that is hard to ignore. Elsewhere, the variety in mediums and approaches is impressive, with artworks in the form of interventions like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/2017\/01\/26\/absolut-art-award-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Rowland<\/a>\u2019s \u201cPublic Money\u201d (2017), whereby the artist had the\u00a0Whitney buy shares of a project that will lead to a reduction in the rate of adult incarcerations. Elsewhere, artists such as Tala Madani keep it serious yet witty with a series of paintings featuring light-emanating bottoms, and non-US artists such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/?s=Anicka+Yi&amp;submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Anicka Yi<\/a> provide an\u00a0international narrative at a biennial that deconstructs post-colonialism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Scroll through the image gallery below for a selection of works from the 2017 Whitney Biennial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/06_Harris.L_05.jpg\" alt=\"Lyle Ashton Harris Whitney Biennial\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" \/> &#8220;Lyle, London, 1992&#8221; (2015) by Lyle Ashton Harris. Collection of the artist; courtesy the artist<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/08_RafaEsparza_Install_2017Biennial.jpg\" alt=\"Rafa Esparza Whitney Biennial\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1001\" \/> Installation view of &#8220;Figure Ground: Beyond the White Field&#8221; (2017) by Rafa Esparza. Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 13-June 11, 2017. Photograph by Matthew Carasella<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/09_LarryBell_Install_2017Biennial.jpg\" alt=\"Larry Bell Whitney Biennial\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1001\" \/> Installation view of &#8220;Pacific Red II&#8221; (2017) by Larry Bell. Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 13-June 11, 2017. Collection of the artist; courtesy Hauser Wirth &amp; Schimmel, Los Angeles. Photograph by Matthew Carasella<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/11_Occupy.M_01.jpg\" alt=\"Occupy Museums Whitney Biennial\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/> &#8220;Stress, Fear and Anxiety Bundle&#8221; (2015) by Occupy Museums. Artworks by artists whose collective debt totals $732,462.24 and who use the words \u201cstress,\u201d \u201cfear,\u201d or \u201canxiety\u201d when discussing how their economic realities make them feel (left to right: Amy Beth Wright, Katherine Culbertson, Marc Newsome, anonymous, Lucas Berd, Claire Webb, Ben Tecumseh De Soto, Greg Scott, Bereniz Martinez, and Lara Anne). Installation view: Debtfair, Art League Houston, Houston, TX, November 20, 2015-January 10, 2016. Courtesy the artists<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/18_Hartung.T_01.sm_.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Hartung Whitney Biennial\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/> Still from &#8220;The Lesser Key of Solomon&#8221; (2015) by Tommy Hartung. Ultra-high-definition video, color, sound; 8:05 min. Courtesy the artist and On Stellar Rays, New York<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/27_Reaves.J_01.jpg\" alt=\"Jessi Reaves Whitney Biennale\" width=\"714\" height=\"1000\" \/> &#8220;Crust Bucket Comes to Town (Slipper Chair)&#8221; (2016) by Jessi Reaves. Courtesy the artist and Bridget Donahue, New York<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/24_Moyer.C_GG.jpg\" alt=\"Carrie Moyer Whitney Biennale\" width=\"808\" height=\"1000\" \/> &#8220;Glimmer Glass&#8221; (2016) by Carrie Moyer. Collection of the artist; courtesy DC Moore Gallery, New York<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/25_Moyer.C_SB.jpg\" alt=\"Carrie Moyer Whitney Biennale\" width=\"927\" height=\"1000\" \/> &#8220;Swiss Bramble&#8221; (2016) by Carrie Moyer. Collection of the artist; courtesy the artist and DC Moore Gallery, New York<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/28_RosadoSeijo.C_01.sm_.jpg\" alt=\"Chemi Rosado-Seijo Whitney Biennale\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1141\" \/> Documentation of &#8220;Sal\u00f3n-Sala-Sal\u00f3n (Labra)&#8221; by Chemi Rosado-Seijo. Escuela Rafael Mar\u00eda de Labra, San Juan, PR, August\u2013December 2014. Courtesy the artist<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a tumultuous last few months, the 2017 Whitney Biennial seeks to explore the formation of self and the individual\u2019s place in a turbulent society<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":48320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[7173,4357,7620,8149,8150,7139,6002,8151,7144],"class_list":["post-48254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-american-art","tag-anicka-yi","tag-cameron-rowland","tag-christopher-y-lew","tag-henry-taylor","tag-mia-locks","tag-philando-castile","tag-tala-madani","tag-whitney-biennial"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Whitney Biennial: Political yet Playful Whitney Biennial: Political yet Playful<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After a tumultuous last few months, the 2017 Whitney Biennial seeks to explore the formation of self and the individual\u2019s place in a turbulent society\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/whitney-biennial-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Whitney Biennial: Political yet Playful Whitney Biennial: Political yet Playful\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After a tumultuous last few months, the 2017 Whitney Biennial seeks to explore the formation of self and the individual\u2019s place in a turbulent society\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/whitney-biennial-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-15T11:21:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Will Furtado\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. 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