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Whitney Biennial 2012
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Feb 27, 2012
320 p., 9 3/4 x 12 1/2
361 color + 42 b/w illus.
ISBN: 9780300180367
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PB-with Flaps: $45.00
- Related Categories
- Art and Architecture
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
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Whitney Biennial 2012
- Edited by Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders; With contributions by Thomas Beard, Andrea Fraser, Ed Halter, David Joselit, and John Kelsey
"This years’ curators, Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders, did something radical: they abolished the standard format—one dreary pedagogic entry per artist, accompanied by one reproduction—and gave each of the participants free reign for six pages. The result is an omnibus of livres d’artistes that, like the biennial proper, rewards repeated immersion."—Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, Book Bench blog “The catalogue, typically a by-the-book affair (no pun intended), has matched the show’s experiential adventure, allotting each of the roughly fifty artists six pages for original contributions that extend, rather than merely reflect, the work in the museum..”—Nicole Rudick, Paris Review Daily “There's a strong literary proclivity, especially in the catalogue, which includes some extraordinary writing by and about the artists."—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker “[Her catalog essay] is in fact [Andrea] Fraser’s contribution to the Biennial. And she uses the opportunity to articulate some of the more insidious forms of political hypocrisy and economic complicity that lie hidden in plain view throughout the art world. . .Fraser’s artwork registers as operative rather than moralizing. It’s a cornerstone of the exhibition in so far as it activates the latent political substance of much of the work in the show.” —T Magazine
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