5th Floor Whitney Museum

Downtown new york 1970 1986 sept 3 oct 25 2020.

5th floor whitney museum.

Larissa gentile a project manager who most recently helped the whitney museum of american art on a permanent. In this video kevin schorn architect at renzo piano building workshop and christian reek project manager for permasteelisa north america discuss the installation process. The façade of the future whitney museum is composed of enormous steel panels which are hoisted into place using a custom built machine. Sponsored by antenna audio.

Renzo piano architect of the whitney museum of american art s new downtown home in manhattan s meatpacking district stands in its vast fifth floor gallery during construction. The project is inspired by the discrepancy the. Upon exiting the elevator on the 5th floor of the whitney museum kota ezowa s video piece national anthem buffalo bills 2018 welcomes the visitor to the 2019 whitney biennial. Installation view 5th floor america is hard to see may 1 september 27 2015 whitney museum of american art new york n y.

The whitney s hopper works are supplemented by key loans including such major paintings as the art institute of chicago s nighthawks and the museum of modern art s new york movie. But the fifth of the building s five floors is rising. As a prelude counterpoint and coda to the biennial the museum s fifth floor is devoted to artists in the whitney s collection whose works were shown in biennials over the past eight decades. Follow through is a mobile audio visual artwork that has been created specifically for the museum s 5th floor permanent collection galleries and is accessible to visitors on portable media players.

Co commissioned by the whitney museum of american art and antenna audio. Installation view 5th floor america is hard to see may 1 september 27 2015 whitney museum of american art new york n y. The video mediates and animates colin kaepernick s kneeling instead of standing for the national anthem as a protest against police brutality.