The Whitney Biennial celebrates its 74th artists installments and expands its exhibition space at the Seventh Regiment Armory (that's Park Avenue for some of you). Starting March 6th and through the month, The Armory will host events and performances in connection with the Biennial curators with its main focus on large-scale installations and hybrid works. (Click on the Whitney Biennial link below for more details and dates)
A preview of the artists involved...
Spike Lee, Spike Lee in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina during the production When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, 2006
Spike Lee debuted as a young American filmmaker at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival with his black and white film presentation of She's Gotta Have It. Now, artist and director Spike Lee will exhibit each of his thoughtful and successful narrative films where he will confront each antagonism head on from Jungle Fever (1991) to his well-acclaimed HBO documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requim in Four Acts (2006).
Roe Ethridge, Camilla 2007
Roe Ethridge was born 1969 in Miami and currently resides in Manhattan. Ethridge compiles and presents large-format photographs into a series which mixes fine-art and commercial images and turns them into elements of nostalgia.
DJ Olive, If I had a rebar for every time someone tried to mold me, 2007
DJ Olive is Gregor Asch, also known as the Audio Janitor and with his musical talents at the turntable will create atmospheric multimedia events that capture conventional definitions of listening to music. His sounds and aesthetics will reveal the chaotic character of his home base in Brooklyn, New York.
Frances Stark, Subtraction, 2007
Frances Stark is a Southern California native and resident whose work reflects her earliest career intentions as a writer into her present works as a visual artist. "There is a fight in my work," she notes where her art presses language into service as medium and subject.
Thursday, March 6th - Sunday, June 1st
Whitney Museum of American Art (945 Madison Avenue) $15 / 800-944-8639
More info on events and artists: Whitney Biennial 2008
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