On October 29th, after my 4th visit to Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror at the Whitney, I headed up to the 8th floor to see the member’s preview of Jennifer Packer: The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing. I had seen 4 of Ms. Two of the four works by Jennifer Packer in the 2019 Whitney Biennial, each in a different size that ranged from letter size (right), to small mural size. As hard as I was on them during their early years on Gansevoort Street, in spite of everything, the Whitney had a great year in 2021, and they deserve a lot of credit for it.įlashback- May 25, 2019. It’s something of a major coup in my view, that with the new park when it opens and the Little Island a few blocks away should bring more people to the area and the Whitney. A permanent installation right next to the site of a large public park (to the right in the picture up top) currently under construction (where the Department of Sanitation complex was when I looked at the “new” Whitney Museum Building, here, in 2016). The Whitney also collaborated with Hudson River Park (which lies across the West Side Highway to its west) on legendary Artist David Hammon’s Day’s End, which opened in May, 2021 directly opposite the Museum. The stellar Julie Mehretru and overdue Dawoud Bey shows up from spring through the summer, 2021, continued Vida’s momentum, with Jasper Johns and Jennifer Packer now setting the stage for the next Whitney Biennial in the spring. The Johns and Jennifer Packer shows are a fitting cap to 2021 for the Whitney Museum, which has had a steady string of excellent shows beginning with Vida Americana in 2020 (which I wrote about here) that continued throughout 2021. That’s the High Line Admin building to the lower foreground, also designed by Renzo Piano, who designed the Whitney. But the shows have dramatically improved, in my opinion. That might be reflective of the fact her show is on 8 while Jasper Johns is on the 5th floor?, or her name is longer? 7 years later, I still haven’t warmed up to the architecture of the new Whitney, the east end of it seen here from the High Line. NoteWorthy Art Books- Rod Penner: Paintings, 1987-2022Ĭategories Categories Terms, Privacy & Copyright Information.Edward Hopper’s Impressions of New York.Edward Hopper: The Last Traditionalist Faces Change.Edward Hopper At The Whitney: Troubling Choices.Scott Ross (1951-1989): The Modern Ancient.*-from "Deacon Blues" by Steely Dan's Donald Fagen & Walter Becker, published by Universal Music Publishing Group Search NighthawkNYC Here- Search for: Recent Posts And, be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on anything you'll wake up tomorrow and wish you hadn't. "Sensations that stagger the mind."*īut? I'm not going to stop there, so hold on to your stool, and let's see what the night brings. I started NighthawkNYC to share what I've discovered along the way- as Steely Dan put it so well. Anyway.Art and Music are my twin passions, and have been for a very long time. I named this site NighthawkNYC in homage to Hopper’s immortal Painting, and that figure that no one ever talks about. As much as any work of Art I've ever seen is. Well, that figure, sitting with his back to us is. I felt like I was standing next to my soul. Here, I’m standing in front of the REAL Nighthawks, Edward Hopper's Timeless Masterpiece from 1942, at the "old" Whitney Museum during the Hopper Drawing Show in 2013. Welcome to my site. Here I am as you'll find me most times- out somewhere in NYC, listening to Music and looking at Art. Good evening! I'm Kenn Sava, the Denizen of.
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