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“One of the things that’s always been really important to me is that for artists that are coming from anywhere outside of the mainstream, that we don’t feel the pressure to change our work and our cultural aesthetics to fit the art world.” —Jeffrey Gibson
The Whitney Biennial has been up for a couple of weeks now, and the hot (and, to be fair, more considered) takes are coming in fast. A consensus seems to be forming around it being a solid outing, exploring the current cultural climate with some solid works, albeit little that is as revolutionary as the times seem to demand. For a deeper dive, the Whitney visited artist Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972, Colorado Springs) in his studio in upstate New York and produced this video with our friends at SandenWolff Productions.
Based in Hudson, New York, Gibson is an artist of Choctaw-Cherokee heritage, whose work draws inspiration from his diverse cultural and social background, and itinerant upbringing. Gibson deftly navigates the space between his Native American heritage and the contemporary art world. His work is a standout in any space, with strong works in the Whitney Biennial (through September 22, 2019), as well as his soon-to-close exhibition The Anthropophagic Effect for the New Museum’s Department of Education and Public Engagement spring 2019 artist-in-residency, through June 9, 2019.
