By: ART PRESS Editorial

倒數兩個月的惠特尼雙年展，竟掀起一波藝術家展前退展潮… Two months before opening, already 10% artists withdrew from the Whitney Biennial.

美國具影響力的兩年大展惠特尼雙年展，在展期倒數兩個月左右的時間，又有藝術家提出退展的要求了。上週 Eddie Arroyo、Agustina Woodgate 和 Christine Sun Kim 常駐倫敦的藝術團體 「法醫建築」（Forensic Architecture）要求退出這個大展，再加上前一批退出的藝術家們 Korakrit Arunanondchai，Meriem Bennani，Nicole Eisenman 和 Nicholas Galanin，如今宣佈退展的藝術家累計高達8人。

關於藝術家退展原因，已經是一個延燒一陣子的議題了。

全世界的藝術人們，興許還記得日前共有 124名藝術界人士，站出來呼籲惠特尼博物館董事會副主席坎德斯下台。而館方對諸如此類抗議的無作為，導致了這次更多藝術家們群起退展。坎德斯(Warren B. Kanders)是催淚瓦斯彈製造商 Safariland 的席執行官， Safariland 是個國防製造公司，銷售著用於美國和墨西哥邊境用於打擊移民的軍事裝備。這對高度注重人文的藝術工作者們，在道德上是巨大衝擊。就如日前的 124 藝術界人士聯署的公開信裡所提及的：『博物館董事會中一直以來反末倒置的慈善資金募款模式』，看來藝術界是持續抗議著的。

藝術家團體 Forensic Architecture 和藝術家 Kim分別在國際媒體 Hyperallergic和紐約時報上，證實了他們的退出宣言。而藝術家 Eddie Arroyo、Agustina Woodgate 則是透過他們在邁阿密的畫廊 Spinello Projects來宣布他們的退展消息。

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Spinello Projects announces that represented artists #EddieArroyo and #AgustinaWoodgate have requested their work be withdrawn from the 2019 #WhitneyBiennial. The request is intended as condemnation of #WarrenKanders continued presence as Vice Chair of the #WhitneyMuseum Board and the Museum’s continued failure to respond in any meaningful way to growing pressure from artists and activists. Kanders is the CEO of #Safariland, a company that manufactures tear gas and other weapons of repression. As reported by #Hyperallergic, artists #KorakritArunanondchai, #MeriemBennani, #NicoleEisenman, and #NicholasGalanin have also asked the Whitney Biennial’s curators #RujekoHockley and #JanePanetta to remove their work from the show. In solidarity, #SpinelloProjects will close Arroyo's and Woodgate's current exhibition, Within Time. The exhibition would have concluded July 31st and was a special presentation of new works by the Miami-based artists on the occasion of their participation in the 2019 Whitney Biennial.

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即將於9月22日舉行的2019年惠特尼雙年展(The 2019 Whitney Biennial)，如今退出展覽的藝術家已經超過總數 75位藝術家的10％…。

 

更多相關新聞：爭議之外，少見地呈現年輕、多元族群：這一次2019的惠特尼雙年展，策展人選擇了這75組名單 Young and diverse! The Artists List of Whitney biennial chose a young and diverse group of 75 artists and collectives for 2019. 

更多相關新聞：繼「我們不要骯髒的錢」之後，124名藝術界人士呼籲惠特尼博物館董事會副主席坎德斯下台 After ‘We Don’t Want Dirty Money’, 124 scholars, artists, and critics called for the Whitney Museum to remove Kanders, the vice-chairman of its board.

 

2019惠特尼雙年展 原參展藝術家名單如下：

Eddie Arroyo
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Olga Balema
Morgan Bassichis
Blitz Bazawule
Alexandra Bell
Brian Belott
Meriem Bennani
Robert Bittenbender
Lucas Blalock
Garrett Bradley
Milano Chow
Colectivo Los Ingrávidos
Thirza Cuthand
John Edmonds
Nicole Eisenman
Janiva Ellis
Kota Ezawa
Brendan Fernandes
FIERCE and Paper Tiger Television
Marcus Fischer
Forensic Architecture
Ellie Ga
Nicholas Galanin
Sofía Gallisá Muriente
Jeffrey Gibson
Todd Gray
Sam Green
Barbara Hammer
Ilana Harris-Babou
Matthew Angelo Harrison
Curran Hatleberg
Madeline Hollander
Iman Issa
Tomashi Jackson
Steffani Jemison
Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil, and Jackson Polys
Christine Sun Kim
Josh Kline
Autumn Knight
Carolyn Lazard
Maia Ruth Lee
Simone Leigh
Daniel Lind-Ramos
James Luna
Eric N. Mack
Calvin Marcus
Tiona Nekkia McClodden
Troy Michie
Joe Minter
Keegan Monaghan
Caroline Monnet
Darius Clark Monroe
Ragen Moss
Sahra Motalebi
Marlon Mullen
Jeanette Mundt
Wangechi Mutu
Las Nietas de Nonó (Lydela Nonó and Michel Nonó)
Jenn Nkiru
Laura Ortman
Jennifer Packer
nibia pastrana santiago
Elle Pérez
Pat Phillips
Gala Porras-Kim
Walter Price
Carissa Rodriguez
Paul Mpagi Sepuya
Heji Shin
Diane Simpson
Martine Syms
Kyle Thurman
Mariana Valencia
Agustina Woodgate