The 1999 Wisconsin Triennial presents the work of 45 artists and collaborative groups from throughout the state working in diverse media - painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing, textile, photography, film, video, installation, performance art, and new media. The ninth Triennial introduces several emerging artists as well as new directions pursued by many established figures. In this overview of recent artistic activity, viewers will find similar concerns resonating among several participants. A blending of art and science appears, as does a continuing, refined investigation of new media. Several artists explore the representation of ethnicity in their work. Still others blur the boundaries between craft disciplines and traditional "high art" media, while others advance and critique theories of painting. Like the triennials and biennials before it, this major survey reflects the vitality and breadth of contemporary art in Wisconsin.
The 1999 Wisconsin Triennial artists are:
Maxine Banks, Milwaukee
Anna Benavides, Madison
Dick Blau, Milwaukee & Cecelia Condit, Shorewood
Thomas Bleigh, Madison
Sally Bowker, Menomonie
Marna Goldstein Brauner, Shorewood
Derrick L. Buisch, Madison
Molly Carter, Madison
Sonya Y.S. Clark, Madison
Warrington Colescott, Hollandale
Michael Connors, Plain
Simon Mohandas Dorfman, Milwaukee
Robert Erickson, Amherst Junction
Andre Ferrella, Madison
John W. Ford, Lomira
Steven D. Foster, Milwaukee
Nicholas Frank, Milwaukee
David G. Genszler, Ashland
Martha Glowacki, Sauk City
Lane Hall & Lisa Moline, Wauwatosa
Walter Samuel Hamady, Mount Horeb
Ariana Huggett, Milwaukee
Fujiko Isomura, Madison
Hai-Chi Jihn, Whitefish Bay
Norbert Kox, New Franken
Paula Schuette Kraemer, Madison
James Kreul, Madison
Heidi Lasher-Oakes, Stevens Point
Jason Lee, Madison
Nancy Cramer Lettenstrom, South Range
Jeff Lipschutz, Oshkosh
Gina Litherland, Cedarburg
Tom Loeser, Madison
Mark Lorenzi, McFarland
Frances Myers, Hollandale
Daniel John O'Neal, Stevens Point
Jose E. Rodriguez, Madison
Douglas Rosenberg, Oregon
Bird Ross, Madison
J. Shimon & J. Lindemann, Manitowoc
2funBasTards, Madison
Lee Weiss, Madison
Curtis Whaley, Madison
John Wilde, Evansville
Jason S. Yi, Milwaukee
Funding for for the 1999 Wisconsin Triennial has been provided by the Madison Civic Center Foundation; Merrill Lynch, Madison; M & I Bank; the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission with additional support from the Madison Community Foundation and the Overture Foundation; Madison CitiARTS; Joe and Margo Melli; Marla Ahlgrimm; The Art League of the Madison Art Center; The Exhibition Initiative Fund; The Madison Art Center's 1999-2000 Sustaining Benefactors; and a grant from the Wisconsin State Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin.
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