Whitney Announces Curators for 2. Biennial. CONTACTWhitney Museum of American Art. Gansevoort Street. Until this year, Whitney Biennial film programs have felt like hastily arranged afterthoughts. Video artists would be granted their white-box loops, but filmmakers outside of the museum circuit would be sparsely represented. 2012 WHITNEY BIENNIAL TO OPEN MARCH 1 PRESS PREVIEW: Monday, February. Whitney members receive unlimited express admission to the Museum’s galleries and film. Asian-American Art Curators Chosen to Curate Whitney Museum. Lew and Mia Locks will serve as co-curators for the Whitney Museum. The Wonder of the Whitney. The Whitney's curators present the museum's collection of American art on the numerous balconies as well. Whitney Museum of American Art Intern. To apply for the academic year program. Weekly seminars are organized with department heads and curators. New York, NY 1. 00. Press Office: (2. General Information: (2. THE WHITNEY ANNOUNCES CURATORS FOR 2. BIENNIALNEW YORK, November 4, 2. Established in 1997, the MODA program is founded on the conviction that art historians and critics engaged with modern and contemporary art need to understand curatorial strategies that reflect the interrelationship between. The Whitney Museum of American Art announced today that the 2. Whitney Biennial will be co- curated by Christopher Y. This will be the seventy- eighth in the Museum’s series of Annual and Biennial exhibitions inaugurated in 1. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. The Museum’s signature survey of contemporary art in the United States, the Biennial goes on view in spring 2. It will be the first Biennial presented in the Whitney’s new building in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. The 2. 01. 7 Whitney Biennial is presented by Tiffany & Co, lead sponsor of the Biennial through 2. Scott Rothkopf, the Whitney’s Deputy Director for Programs and Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator, said, “With the opening of the new building, we're rededicating ourselves to the Whitney's longstanding commitment to emerging artists. Chris's keen eye has been critical to this renewed focus in our program, which just launched with his presentations of Jared Madere, Rachel Rose, and New Theater. Mia's interest in both historical figures and new tendencies, as well her years on the West Coast will add important perspective to the Biennial. The two of them have great intellectual chemistry, and it's exciting to see the first Biennial in our new home in the hands of such talented young curators.”The Whitney’s Alice Pratt Brown Director Adam D. Weinberg noted: “Every Whitney Biennial is a galvanizing process for the Museum, a tradition that goes back to the institution’s roots while retaining its freshness and immediacy. Endeavoring to gauge the state of art in America today, the Biennial demands curators who are attuned to the art of the current moment and there is no question that Chris Lew and Mia Locks have their fingers on the pulse. The expanded spaces and possibilities offered by our new downtown building will make this Biennial particularly lively and groundbreaking.”Scott Rothkopf will lead a team of advisors who will work closely with the curators to help shape the exhibition. They include: Negar Azimi, writer and senior editor at Bidoun, an award- winning publishing, curatorial, and educational initiative with a focus on the Middle East and its diasporas; Gean Moreno, artistic director of Cannonball, a Miami–based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of critical discourse and contemporary art through residencies, grants, commissions, and public programs; Aily Nash, co- curator of Projections, the New York Film Festival’s artists' film and video section, and Film and Media Curator at Basilica Hudson; and Wendy Yao, a publisher and founder of both the exhibition space 3. South Mission Road and Ooga Booga, a shop with two Los Angeles locations that specializes in independent books, music, art, and clothing. ABOUT THE CURATORSChristopher Y. Lew is Associate Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he has organized the first US solo exhibitions for Rachel Rose and Jared Madere. He has also organized, with Curator and Curator of Performance Jay Sanders, the first US theatrical presentation by New Theater. His upcoming exhibitions at the Whitney include a solo show by Sophia Al- Maria (summer 2. Prior to joining the Whitney in 2. Mo. MA PS1 since 2. New Pictures of Common Objects (2. Taster's Choice (2. His notable solo shows include Clifford Owens: Anthology (2. GCC: Achievements in Retrospective (2. James Ferraro: 1. Jack Smith: Normal Love (2. International Association of Art Critics. Lew has contributed to several publications including Art Asia. Pacific, Art Journal, Bomb, Huffington Post, and Mousse. From 2. 01. 3 until recently, Mia Locks was Assistant Curator at Mo. MA PS1, where she organized exhibitions including Math Bass: Off the Clock (2. IM Heung- soon: Reincarnation (2. Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife (2. The Little Things Could Be Dearer (2. Prior to Mo. MA PS1, Locks organized Cruising the Archive: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1. David Frantz, at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives as part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative. From 2. 01. 0 to 2. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), where she helped to organize Blues for Smoke (2. Whitney, and Bob Mizer and Tom of Finland (2. Bennett Simpson. Locks was part of the curatorial team for the Greater New York exhibition now on view at Mo. MA PS1. She is currently publishing a book on the work of Samara Golden, forthcoming in December 2. ABOUT THE BIENNIALWith a history of exhibiting the most promising and influential artists and provoking debate, the Whitney Biennial—the Museum’s signature exhibition—is the most important survey of the state of contemporary art in the United States. The Biennial, an invitational show of work produced in the preceding two years, was introduced by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1. American art. The 2. Whitney Biennial is presented by Tiffany & Co. ABOUT THE WHITNEYThe Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1. Whitney, an early and ardent supporter of modern American art, nurtured groundbreaking artists at a time when audiences were still largely preoccupied with the Old Masters. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for more than eighty years. The core of the Whitney’s mission is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit American art of our time and serve a wide variety of audiences in celebration of the complexity and diversity of art and culture in the United States. Through this mission and a steadfast commitment to artists themselves, the Whitney has long been a powerful force in support of modern and contemporary art and continues to help define what is new and influential in American art today. CURRENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONSThe Whitney's Collection. Ongoing. Jared Madere. Through January 3, 2. Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist. Through January 1. Frank Stella: A Retrospective. Through February 7, 2. Rachel Rose: Everything and More. Through February 7, 2. Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner. November 2. 0, 2. March 6, 2. 01. 6Laura Poitras. February 5–May 1, 2. Stuart Davis: In Full Swing. June 3. 0–Oct 1. 0, 2. Sophia Al- Maria. Summer 2. 01. 6Carmen Herrera. Fall 2. 01. 6David Wojnarowicz. Fall 2. 01. 6/Winter 2. Whitney Biennial. Spring 2. 01. 7The Whitney is located at 9. Gansevoort Street between Washington and West Streets, New York City. Museum hours are: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday from 1. Friday and Saturday from 1. Tuesday. General admission: $2. Full- time students and visitors ages 1. Visitors under 1. Whitney members: FREE. Admission is pay- what- you- wish on Fridays, 7–1. For general information, please call (2. DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE (PDF)Image Credits. Christopher Y. Photograph courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art.
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