5th Floor Whitney Museum

Installation view 5th floor america is hard to see may 1 september 27 2015 whitney museum of american art new york n y.

5th floor whitney museum.

Installation view 5th floor america is hard to see may 1 september 27 2015 whitney museum of american art new york n y. 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. 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 project is inspired by the discrepancy the. 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. Larissa gentile a project manager who most recently helped the whitney museum of american art on a permanent. The façade of the future whitney museum is composed of enormous steel panels which are hoisted into place using a custom built machine.

Downtown new york 1970 1986 sept 3 oct 25 2020. The fifth floor galleries are dedicated to a large scale presentation of works by edward hopper whose legacy is intimately connected to the whitney. Whitney museum fifth floor will soon become the largest column free museum space in new york as part of the open plan program whitney museum offers full fifth floor to artists in 2016 as part of the open plan program. 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.

The video mediates and animates colin kaepernick s kneeling instead of standing for the national anthem as a protest against police brutality. 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. Co commissioned by the whitney museum of american art and antenna audio.