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The installation by the artists at our temporary South Florida branch at the Whitney Museum of American Art Miami Annex, Wynwood Art District, will begin on November 25. Selected artists will be available for interviews by request. Photo opportunities of the installation-in-progress, performances and events can be scheduled by contacting our Miami staff at artbaselita@gmail.com
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ARTISTS SELECTED FOR 2009 ART BASELITA, OPENING DECEMBER 2
New York, October 15, 2009 – Twenty-three artists are participating in 2009 'Art Baselita; mama's little girl', which opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art Miami Annex, Wynwood Art District, on December 2, and runs through December 7, 2009. Installations and performances organized by the Whitney and Art Production Fund will also be presented in association with Rubell Family Collections (36th Street) from December 6-23.
Since its founding in 2002, Art Baselita has evolved into the Whitney’s signature exhibition as well as the most important survey of the state of contemporary art in the United States today. The exhibition will occupy the entire Museum Annex, with the exception of the fifth floor, which is devoted to the permanent collection. For the first time, Baselita will expand beyond the Museum’s Miami Annex building into the Rubell Family Collection’s monumental Drill Hall and historic period rooms, creating an opportunity to present works that could not be accommodated within the Whitney Miami Annex’s walls and remaining true to the fluid, interactive way in which these works were conceived.
The 2009 Art Baselita is curated by Henriette Huldisch, Assistant Curator at the Whitney, and Shamim M. Momin, Associate Curator at the Whitney and Branch Director and Curator of the Whitney Museum at Altria, and overseen by Donna De Salvo, the Whitney’s Chief Curator and Associate Director for Programs. Three advisors worked with the curatorial team throughout the process: Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem; Bill Horrigan, Director of the Media Arts department at the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University; and Linda Norden, independent curator and writer. Donna De Salvo noted, “Baselita is a laboratory, a way of ‘taking the temperature’ of what is happening now and putting it on view. It influences our thinking on multiple levels and, for the Whitney, translates directly into the choices we make about our exhibitions and collections. In dealing with the art of the present, there are no easy assessments, only multiple points of entry. For the Whitney, and for our public, we hope the Baselita is one way in."
New York, October 15, 2009 – Twenty-three artists are participating in 2009 'Art Baselita; mama's little girl', which opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art Miami Annex, Wynwood Art District, on December 2, and runs through December 7, 2009. Installations and performances organized by the Whitney and Art Production Fund will also be presented in association with Rubell Family Collections (36th Street) from December 6-23.
Since its founding in 2002, Art Baselita has evolved into the Whitney’s signature exhibition as well as the most important survey of the state of contemporary art in the United States today. The exhibition will occupy the entire Museum Annex, with the exception of the fifth floor, which is devoted to the permanent collection. For the first time, Baselita will expand beyond the Museum’s Miami Annex building into the Rubell Family Collection’s monumental Drill Hall and historic period rooms, creating an opportunity to present works that could not be accommodated within the Whitney Miami Annex’s walls and remaining true to the fluid, interactive way in which these works were conceived.
The 2009 Art Baselita is curated by Henriette Huldisch, Assistant Curator at the Whitney, and Shamim M. Momin, Associate Curator at the Whitney and Branch Director and Curator of the Whitney Museum at Altria, and overseen by Donna De Salvo, the Whitney’s Chief Curator and Associate Director for Programs. Three advisors worked with the curatorial team throughout the process: Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem; Bill Horrigan, Director of the Media Arts department at the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University; and Linda Norden, independent curator and writer. Donna De Salvo noted, “Baselita is a laboratory, a way of ‘taking the temperature’ of what is happening now and putting it on view. It influences our thinking on multiple levels and, for the Whitney, translates directly into the choices we make about our exhibitions and collections. In dealing with the art of the present, there are no easy assessments, only multiple points of entry. For the Whitney, and for our public, we hope the Baselita is one way in."
Art|Baselita | Mama's little girl.
