Collection: Whitney & Robyn Forever, Selected By Hannah Hiaasen (online exhibition)

About the exhibition

This exhibition is dedicated to Whitney Houston and Robyn Crawford's unrequited love. Robyn Crawford, Whitney's childhood friend, bodyguard, confidant and roommate, spoke out for the first time recently confirming her early romantic relationship with singer Whitney Houston. She described their first kiss as: "And then all of a sudden, we were face to face.  The kiss was long and slow, like honey. As we eased out of it, my nerves shot up and my heart beat furiously. Something was happening between us."  Due to the homophobic culture of the time, and public-ness of Whitney's career, their physical relationship ended, a deep friendship continued.  This collection is a what if they could have been together? 

About the selector

Hannah Hiaasen is an interdisciplinary artist whose work oscillates between textile and performance interwoven with threads of textual play. Their solo and group performances have been presented nationally and internationally such as Freie Universitat, Berln (2015), The Green Gallery, Yale School of Art (2016) and a 14-city mid-cross country tour with artist Jennifer Vanilla (2017). Their poetry has been read at MOMA PS1 (2018) and The Poetry Project (2018).  They currently live in Brooklyn, NY, where they ventilate workwear.