Renée Green Questions the Meaning of Meanings

Renée Green Questions the Meaning of Meanings

BEACON, New York — In 2022, I visited the Whitney Biennial with Tom, a longtime friend. I was crushing hard on him and he was not feeling it. Before the show, we guzzled a few drinks at a nearby bar. I will never forget landing in the lobby of the museum and coming upon Renée Green’s installation of colorful banners hanging high above. My tipsy gaze landed on a single statement of her existential commentary: “that flee into the void.” Those word…