The 2012 Whitney Biennial will be the 76th edition of the ongoing series of Biennials and Annuals, that has been presented by the Whitney since 1932. This years event will take place at the Whitney, on Madison Avenue, from 1st March through to the 27th May.
The Whitney Biennial is eagerly awaited as an indicator of the current state of contemporary art in the United States. The exhibition will include painting, sculpture, photography and installation, from both emerging and established artists.
The 2012 Biennial is being curated by Elisabeth Sussman, Curator and Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney, and Jay Sanders, a freelance curator. The Curators began research and work on the whole project back in December 2010. In that time they have pulled together a list of 51 artists who are to participate in the exhibition next year.
Further details of the Biennial are due to be released in January 2012, but for the time being, the list of artists selected to participate, are as follows:
- Kai Althoff
- Thom Andersen
- Charles Atlas
- Lutz Bacher
- Forrest Bess (paintings selected by artist Robert Gober)
- Michael Clark
- Dennis Cooper and Gisèle Vienne
- Cameron Crawford
- Moyra Davey
- Liz Deschenes
- Nathaniel Dorsky
- Nicole Eisenman
- Kevin Jerome Everson
- Vincent Fecteau
- Andrea Fraser
- LaToya Ruby Frazier
- Vincent Gallo
- K8 Hardy
- Richard Hawkins
- Werner Herzog
- Jerome Hiler
- Matt Hoyt
- Dawn Kasper
- Mike Kelley
- John Kelsey
- John Knight
- Jutta Koether
- George Kuchar
- Laida Lertxundi
- Kate Levant
- Sam Lewitt
- Joanna Malinowska
- Andrew Masullo
- Nick Mauss
- Richard Maxwell
- Sarah Michelson
- Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran
- Laura Poitras
- Matt Porterfield
- Luther Price
- Lucy Raven
- The Red Krayola
- Kelly Reichardt
- Elaine Reichek
- Michael Robinson
- Georgia Sagri
- Michael E. Smith
- Tom Thayer
- Wu Tsang
- Oscar Tuazon
- Frederick Wiseman