View images from the 2002 Whitney Biennial Exhibition.
Every two years, American art critics, particularly those in New York City, sharpen their nibs for a review of the Whitney Biennial. The exhibition of American Art has always been controversial. It's either too shocking or too tame, or too New York . This year's biennial, the Whitney's largest since 1981, is no exception. This time, the critics charge, it's too far-reaching, not enough painting, too much performance. That the flap over the Whitney Biennial is the art world's answer to spectator sports is well established. But the question it raises about what, exactly, constitutes "art," is always good for another tousle in the proverbial mud pit.
So here we go. Knowing it when you see it, or the difference between mud in eye of the beholder, and an enlightened vision of Art.
