ARTISTS
Whitney Biennial 2017
The 2017 Whitney Biennial, the seventy-eighth installment of the longest-running survey of American art, arrives at a time rife with racial tensions, economic inequities, and polarizing politics. Throughout the exhibition, artists challenge us to consider how these realities affect our senses of self and community. The Biennial features sixty-three individuals and collectives whose work takes a wide variety of forms, from painting and installation to activism and video-game design.
The 2017 Whitney Biennial, the seventy-eighth installment of the longest-running survey of American art, arrives at a time rife with racial tensions, economic inequities, and polarizing politics. Throughout the exhibition, artists challenge us to consider how these realities affect our senses of self and community. The Biennial features sixty-three individuals and collectives whose work takes a wide variety of forms, from painting and installation to activism and video-game design.
Artists on show
- Aaron Flint Jamison
- Abdullah Al-Mutairi
- Ajay Kurian
- Aliza Nisenbaum
- Amal Khalaf
- Anicka Yi
- An-My Lê
- Asad Raza
- Barrak Alzaid
- Basma Alsharif
- Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
- Cameron Rowland
- Carrie Moyer
- Casey Gollan
- Cauleen Smith
- Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
- Chemi Rosado Seijo
- Dana Schutz
- Dani Leventhal
- Deana Lawson
- Eric Baudelaire
- Fatima Al Qadiri
- Frances Stark
- GCC
- Harold Mendez
- Henry Taylor
- Irena Haiduk
- James N. Kienitz Wilkins
- James Richards
- Jessi Reaves
- Jo Baer
- John Divola
- John Riepenhoff
- Jon Kessler
- Jordan Wolfson
- Julien Nguyen
- Kaari Upson
- Kamasi Washington
- KAYA
- Kevin Jerome Everson
- Larry Bell
- Leigh Ledare
- Leilah Weinraub
- Leslie Thornton
- Lyle Ashton Harris
- Mary Helena Clark
- Matt Browning
- Maya Stovall
- Monira Al Qadiri
- Nanu Al-Hamad
- Occupy Museums
- Oto Gillen
- Park McArthur
- Porpentine Charity Heartscape
- Postcommodity
- Puppies Puppies
- Rafa Esparza
- Raul de Nieves
- Robert Beavers
- Samara Golden
- Shara Hughes
- Sky Hopinka
- Susan Cianciolo
- Tala Madani
- Tommy Hartung
- Torey Thornton
- Tuan Andrew Nguyen
- Ulrike Müller
- Victoria Sobel
- William Pope.L
- Zarouhie Abdalian
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