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    The 2017 Whitney Biennial Meets Strong Sense of New Place The 2017 Whitney Biennial will feature well-established individuals and collectives focusing on emerging artists who bring influences, trends and potentials. The Audience will meet the biennial exhibition on March 17 in the museum’s new downtown building. The Whitney Museum of American Art is well-known for its new building and the biennial exhibition. The Whitney Biennial aims to provide a main stream and a history of modern and contemporary

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    The Whitney Museum of American Art has often been referred to a citadel of American Art, partially due to the museums façade, a striking granite building (Figure 1), designed by Bauhaus trained architect Marcel Breuer. The museum perpetuates this reference through its biennial review of contemporary American Art, which the Whitney has become most famous for. The biennial has become since its inception a measure of the state of contemporary art in America today. Since the Museum's opening in 1931

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    but Bonnie found this quite surprising. It was her aunt, Whitney Houston, the sister of her beloved mother. While Bonnie was face-timing her mother she asked her "Mom....Did you know that aunty is dating daddy?" Her mother instantly began to weep, and as her tears glistened on Bonnie’s I-pad, Bonnie began to feel a fire ignite in her heart. She decided to do it, she had to kill her father. She

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    Who is Whitney Houston? Whitney Houston was a top female artist with several number 1 singles. She became a pop sensation after her first album. Whitney was born in Newark, New Jersey. Her mother was a gospel singer in church and many other entertainment centers allowing Whitney to grow up singing with her mom. In 1985 her first album was released with her single “You Give Good Love.” It became the first female album on the charts. A year after her first album was released she won a grammy award

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    Brief Biography of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston had been an actress and a singer. She had been born August 9th, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Her family had already had a musical reputation as her mother was Cissy Houston and her cousin was Dionne Warwick. In 1978, she had sung with her mother as a backing vocalist in the song, ‘Every Woman’. From there she had also sung as a backing vocalist with many different artists. In 1985 she released her first album ‘Whitney Houston’ and it had become the

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    Whitney, a new documentary about legendary singer Whitney Houston, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Thursday. The doc made stunning allegations about the early childhood of the music icon, claiming that the late star was sexually abused by Dee Dee Warwick, Houston's cousin and the sister of singer Dionne Warwick. Kevin Macdonald, the director of Whitney, told Indiewire that Houston's half-brother, Gary Garland-Houston, claimed that he had been sexually abused between the ages of 7 and 9 by

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    loved and always loved? Whitney Houston sings about how she “will always love you.” Whitney Houston’s music represents R and B that has its fair share of love songs. Love is the most important thing in order for relationships to survive. As shown in her music, Whitney Houston, and others in her music genre, have had love experiences that help them make music. Whitney Houston was born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Whitney Houston lived in New Jersey as a child. Whitney dropped her first album

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    Orlando Pagan Professor Nokaly Eng. 101 7 Feb. 2015 Whitney Houston I didn’t know Whitney Houston and I didn’t know her family. I didn’t even really care about the rumors that surrounded her life and now her death. While I may not have known Whitney personally, I do know addicts intimately. I personally know a few addicts that have been thrown experiences so unspeakingly horrible that it would cause nightmares even in the toughest of people and it is these substances that helps them just to survive

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    Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an African American singer, actress, and producer during her time. She was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 9th in 1963. Whitney Houston began performing in the choir at her local church very young. Houston made history as a teenage model, appearing on famous magazines. From a very young age Whitney Houston was a great entertainer, and was destined to be a star. Whitney Houston won several awards throughout her lifetime, as she was very influential throughout her

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    Professor Luis Montenegro MAN4894 Saturday, April 22, 2017 Frantz Cerisier Russell Oliver Santiago Rodriguez Maricela Vasquez   Whitney Houston Background Whitney Elizabeth Houston, was a famous American singer, actress, producer and model. Born on August 9th of 1963 in Newark, New Jersey and sadly deceased on the 11th of February of the year 2012 in a hotel in Beverly Hills, California. John Russel Houston, Whitney’s father, an Army serviceman as well as an entertainment executive, Cissy Houston

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