The 2014 Whitney Biennial, the final to be housed at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 945 Madison Avenue location before the museum moves downtown to its new building in Sping 2015, is an assortment of juxtapositions, of massive and miniature, subtle and blatant, high and low. Three different curators—Michelle Grabner (responsible for Dona Nelson’s work seen above), Stuart Comer, Anthony Elms—curated each of the three floors, giving the designated spaces their own voices and trajectories. Below are some highlights of what captivated, intrigued, and generally caught our attention.
Bjarne Melgaard
A.L. Steiner, Varied Works (curated by Stuart Comer)
Sterling Ruby (foreground) and Jacqueline Humphries (background) (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Shane Lutker, Protestation!, 2014 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Sarah Charlesworth, Regarding Venus, 2012 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Ken Lum, Midway Shopping Plaza, 2014 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Karl Haendel, Theme Time (Installation), Various Years (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Ricky Swallow, Skewed Arches/Tall 1, 2013 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Tony Lewis, ceho (ceho), 2013 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Ben Kinmont, Sshhh, 2002 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Shio Kusaka, Installation of ceramic pots, bowls, and vases (curated by Michelle Grabner)
John Mason, The Wall, 2010; Blue Figure, 2002; Spear Form, Soft White, 1999; Vertical Torque, White, 1997 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Joel Otterson, Installation (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Dan Walsh, Threshold, 2013; Outfit, 2013 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Laura Owens, Untitled, 2014 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Notley, 2013 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
David Robbins (foreground) and Sheila Hicks (background) (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Donelle Woolford, Detumescence, 2013 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Amy Sillman and Pam Lins, Fells, 2013-14 (curated by Michelle Grabner)
Ken Okiishi, gesture/data, 2013 (curated by Stuart Comer)
Etel Adnan, Untitled, 2013 (curated by Stuart Comer)
Lisa Anne Auerbach, Let the Dream Write Itself, 2014 (curated by Stuart Comer)
Keith Mayerson, Varied Works (curated by Stuart Comer)
Uri Aran, Untitled, 2014 (curated by Stuart Comer)
Carissa Rodriguez, Limbs of the Pacific (Spirit Gate), 2014 (BROWN WORK) (curated by Stuart Comer)
Dashiell Manley, Varied Works (curated by Stuart Comer)
Terry Adkins, Aviarium Series, 2014 (curated by Anthony Elms)
Rebecca Morris, Untitled (#15-13), 2013 (curated by Anthony Elms)
Valerie Snobeck and Catherine Sullivan, Image of Limited Good, 2014 (curated by Anthony Elms)
