Whitney Biennial : 2000 Biennial Exhibition.

New York : Whitney Museum of American Art : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000., 2000. Very Good. 2nd printing ; 272 pp. : illustrated (some color) ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 087427123X (Whitney); 0810968290 (Abrams) ; OCLC: 43923134 ; LC: N6512; Dewey: 709.73 ; Exhibition held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Mar. 23-June 4, 2000 ; color, stiff pictorial wrappers ; Artists included : Dennis Adams; Doug Aitken; Ghada Amer; Mark Amerika; Lutz Bacher; Craig Baldwin; Rina Banerjee; Rebecca Baron; Vanessa Beecroft; Rolf Belgum; Ben Benjamin; Sadie Benning; Robin Bernat; Linda Besemer; Dawoud Bey; Chakaia Booker; M.W. Burns; Cai Guo-Qiang; Ingrid Calame; Luis Camnitzer; Jem Cohen with Fugazi; John Coplans; Petah Coyne; John Currin; E.V. Day; William De Lottie; Roman de Salvo; Thornton Dial; Kim Dingle; Anthony Discenza; Tara Donovan ; Nathaniel Dorsky; James Drake; Theresa Duncan and Jeremy Blake; Leandro Erlich; Fakeshop; Vernon Fisher; Suzan Frecon; Brian Fridge; Dara Friedman; Joe Gibbons; Robert Gober; Jill Godmilow; Ken Goldberg; Kojo Griffin; Joseph Grigely; Hans Haacke; Trenton Doyle Hancock; Joseph Havel; Salomon Huerta; Arthur Jafa; Michael Joo; Kurt Kauper; Harmony Koraine; Louise Lawler; Ruth Leitman; Annette Lemieux; Les LeVeque; Sharon Lockhart; Anne Makepeace; Inigo Manglano-Ovalle; Joseph Marioni; Josiah McElheny; Franco Mondini-Ruiz; Errol Morris; Mandy Morrison; Vik Muniz; Shirin Neshat; Nic Nicosia; Paul Pfeiffer; Carl Pope with Karen Pope; Walid Ra«ad; Maracos Ramirez ERRE; Jennifer Reeder; Laurie Reid; Kay Rosen; Michal Rovner; ark; Katherine Sherwood; John F. Simon Jr.; Al Souza; Darcey Steinke; Elisabeth Subrin; Sarah Sze; Tran, T .Kim-Trang; Richard Tuttle; Ayanna U«Dongo; Chris Verene; Annette Weintraub; Yvonne Welbon; Krzysztof Wodiczko; Yukinori Yanagi; Lisa Yuskavage. ; "Whitney biennial exhibitions are often boisterous, unruly arrangements of sound, color, and light. The 2002 biennial is no exception, encompassing over 100 artists working in film, video, computer projects, music, sound-based art, photography, painting, and sculpture. The catalog design two pages devoted to each artist, with images printed on bright, glossy stock and text on contrasting, darker paper does a fine job of managing the excitement, presenting the works in a consistent format and thus lending cohesion to a subject that might overwhelm readers. This is a catalog in the truest sense of the word, a systematic listing, in alphabetical order, of the contents of the show that will serve best as a checklist for students and scholars interested in studying this biennial long after the sound and color have faded. The brief descriptions of each of the artists' works are fine thumbnail sketches, but those interested in learning more about these artists many of them quite young will need to look elsewhere. Abbreviated biographies on each artist are included, as is an audio CD with music and sound pieces. For collections serving art students, scholars, and curators."-- Michael Dashkin, Price-Waterhouse Coopers, New York City ; a few scuffs, else VG