Virtually explore the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City with Smarthistory as your guide
Some background
videos + essays
Link to the Whitney Museum's website
Muriel Hasbun, Todos los santos (Volcán de Izalco, amén)
Superimposing Arabic calligraphy over a photograph of El Salvador's Izalco volcano, Hasbun reflects on her family's diasporic origins.
David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (One Day This Kid . . .)
Having the young Wojnarowicz’s face disseminated as a visible queer child was a potent political symbol.
Ben Shahn, The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti
Shahn makes an not-so-subtle comparison between Christ and two Italians executed for a crime they didn’t commit.
Eva Hesse, Untitled (Rope Piece)
This sculpture was hanging in the artist’s studio at the time of her death; it can be hung in numerous ways.
Robert Morris, (Untitled) L-Beams
Are these objects the same size? Morris challenges our perception.
