Of chocolate, lard, and politics. (1993 Biennial exhibit, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York)

National Review | April 26, 1993| | Copyright

The one bright spot about the 1993 biennial exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art comes as one is traveling up Madison Avenue toward the museum. For a brief moment, as one approaches the building, hope flutters: there in front of the main entrance is a fire truck! Perhaps the ultimate act of performance art has just occurred and the Whitney is even now being gutted by flames. But no. The fire truck, a 45-foot-long fiberglass and aluminum toy courtesy of the "artist" Charles Ray, is as phony as everything on view inside. This discovery is a bitter disillusionment. Here ...

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