Wednesday, September 23, 2015

"America is Hard to See: 1965 to the present" at the New Whitney Museum of American Art

I was fortunate to see this exhibition on the last week of its showing. Due to problems with my phone, I was only able to bring you highlights from the art shown on the 5th floor. The new Whitney building is amazing and the exhibition space serves the work well. The exhibit is basically the Whitney's permanent collection. The amazing aspect of the show, particularly the part of the show which dealt with art from 1965 to the present, was the strong showing of artist from Los Angeles. Mark Bradford, Catherine Opie, Mike Kelly, Raymond Pettibon, and others reflect a shift in focus that even the docent agreed with the change. If you did not have a chance to see this in person, here are some highlights.

Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street
New York, NY 10014
Whitney.org







Felix Gonzalez Torres





Keith Haring





Jean Michel Basquiat





Robert Gober





Karen Kilimink





Christopher Wool





Raymond Pettibon





Lutz Bascher





John Currin





Cory Archangel





Wade Guyton





R.H. Quaytman





Nicole Eisenman




Carroll Dunham






Keith Mayerson





Glenn Ligon





View from the Whitney Museum balcony.





Rachel Harrison





Mark Bradford





Alessandra Mir





Elizabeth Peyton





Mike Kelley





Peter Halley





Charles Ray





Lari Pittman





David Reed





Susan Rothenberg





Neil Janney





Elizabeth Murray





Cy Twombley





Chuck Close





Philip Guston





Jonathan Borofsky





Laurie Simmons





Cindy Sherman





ASCO






David Salle





Barbara Krueger





Mary Heilmann





Alex Katz











Wayne Thiebald





Robert Bechtel





Agnes Martin

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