Marianna Vitale - Whitney Biennial

Marianne Vitale, Patron, 2009
Video, color, sound, 8:36 min. Collection of the artist; Courtesy IBID PROJECTS, London

I chose this piece because of the instructions Vitale asked of her audience.  I think it's bizarre and it intrigued me.  Go to the website to read a complete description of this artwork.

I like this photo because of the angle and the vibrant lavender blue.  I've been working on this project for the House of Commons tea house for about 2 weeks now.  It's a very simple subject matter, but all of the teas are completely different from one another.  It makes me think of meditation and Asian philosophy.  Please follow my Facebook fan page to see all of the different varieties.

Tatiana Rene Photography

I chose this image because of the subject matter.  Over time, I plan to document the change of this space.  Each week, I will return to this site and photograph the progress.  It'll be exciting to see what becomes of this area.

This is what I am working on right now in Photo IV.  Signs.  They are everywhere...abundantly overwhelming.  I chose this photograph because of the irony.  We expect to see blue skies and majestic mountains with the text, "Colorado".  Instead, we see construction and an urban environment.  Colorado is rapidly growing.  I plan to document the change through time.

Aki Sasamoto

still from Secrets of My Mother's Child, 2009.

Performance and installation.

Photo credit: Arturo Vidich

http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/AkiSasamoto

By now, we have all come to the conclusion that I really love installation pieces.  Especially installations with music.  Maybe one day I will have my own gallery space to fill up with photo installations.  I have some ideas, but they will definitely take time to construct.  Does anybody want to feature me as an artist in their gallery?

Michael Asher

(Installation view, January 26 - April 12, 2008, Santa Monica Museum of Art)

Photo credit: Grant Mudford

http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/MichaelAsher

I chose this photograph at first because of the repeated use of line.  I then realized that this is an installation piece and became even more amused by it.  I would love to walk through it and explore it.

Pae White

Smoke Knows

2009

Cotton and Polyester, 114 x 258 in.
http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/PaeWhite

This image is interesting to me because of the movement of the smoke and the contrast between light and dark.  It looks like the smoke is coming through the window and filling up the room.  Love it!