September 29, 2021 — Venue partners include the New Orleans African American Museum, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Happyland Theater, and more
View a list of artists on view at the CAC and reserve gallery tickets, here
New Orleans — October 1, 2021 — Prospect New Orleans is pleased to announce the venue list and revised opening timeline for Prospect.5: Yesterday we said tomorrow, which will open across the city over the course of three weekends. The initial wave of openings will take place on October 23, the original opening weekend, with exhibitions opening at multiple venues and will include a major performance. Subsequent openings will take place on October 30 and November 6. Prospect.5: Yesterday we said tomorrow will remain on view through January 23, 2022.
The variety of locales hosting the P.5 openings are historical, artistic, and cultural institutions that have long enriched and supported the city of New Orleans. These venues include Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Amistad Research Center, Crescent Park, the Contemporary Arts Center, and New Orleans African American Museum, which will also serve as the Hancock Whitney Welcome Center––the main hub of visitor experience for the triennial.
The opening festivities begin with a performance on the morning of October 23 at The Historic New Orleans Collection, where author, scholar, and curator Josh Kun will explore the legacy of the 8th Cavalry Mexican Military Band at the 1884 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial in New Orleans.
Following Kun’s opening, a curator-led tour of George Dureau’s photographs and Dawoud Bey’s new works exploring the historical traces within the region’s landscapes will take place at the Tricentennial Wing of The Historic New Orleans Collection. Large-scale group presentations will open at the Newcomb Art Museum on Tulane University's campus, and Contemporary Arts Center, where Prospect.5 will occupy the entirety of the museum’s galleries. Newcomb features a major presentation of work by acclaimed sculptor Barbara Chase-Riboud, a touchstone for the exhibition, and new work by New Orleans-based Ron Bechet, Mimi Lauter, Naudline Pierre, and a 40-foot new mural piece by collage artist Elliott Hundley. CAC brings together the work of 17 intergenerational artists working across media, including Laura Aguilar, Felipe Baeza, Kevin Beasley, Karon Davis, Kiki Smith, and Carlos Villa, as well as major new works by Mark Bradford, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Cosmo Whyte, and others.
The following Saturday, October 30th, will be anchored by openings at the New Orleans African American Museum (NOAAM), featuring new commissions from Paul Stephen Benjamin, who is creating a new sculptural work that references the history of the museum and the neighborhood of Treme. Dineo Seshee Bopape, will exhibit an animated-video work, and Kameelah Janan Rasheed will show a related project at NOAAM and the Amistad Research Center, which will open the same day. The third Saturday opening, on November 6th, will feature an open house at four Bywater venues, including UNO Gallery, where a video installation by Jamilah Sabur and new body of sculptures Candice Lin will be on view; Happyland Theater, which will feature two video works by Rodney McMillian; 3162 Dauphine Street showing Sharon Hayes’s newly commissioned project; and Crescent Park where Wangechi Mutu’s large-scale bronze work will be sited. In the evening, Ogden Museum of Southern Art will host a reception to celebrate the opening of projects by artists including Willie Birch, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, and Neighborhood Story Project, as well as new works by Jennie C. Jones and Glenn Ligon in the historic Ogden Library. A complete list of venues, along with exhibiting artists, is below.
A new three-channel work by Tiona Nekkia McClodden will open at Xavier University Art Gallery, and new projects by Phoebe Boswell, EJ Hill and returning Prospect.1 artist Nari Ward will open this fall across the city; Adriana Corral's project will take shape over the course of the exhibition, and a new, public sculpture by Simone Leigh will be unveiled in early January. Interactive projects by Cooking Sections and Malcolm Peacock will be available to experience by signing up online. Prospect will remain on view until January 23, 2022. The Prospect 5. Gala, originally planned for October 21–24, has been postponed until January 2022.
Prospect.5: Yesterday we said tomorrow
Venue List and Opening Dates
Saturday, October 23
Contemporary Art Center New Orleans
Laura Aguilar, Keni Anwar, Felipe Baeza, Kevin Beasley, Phoebe Boswell, Mark Bradford, Jamal Cyrus, Karon Davis, ektor garcia, Sky Hopinka, Dave McKenzie, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Hương Ngô, Eric- Paul Riege, Kiki Smith, Carlos Villa, Cosmo Whyte
Capdeville Place Park
Anastasia Pelias
Newcomb Art Museum
Ron Bechet, Barbara Chase-Riboud,
Elliott Hundley, Mimi Lauter, Naudline Pierre
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Dawoud Bey, George Dureau, Josh Kun
Saturday, October 30
Amistad Research Center
Kameelah Janan Rasheed
New Orleans African American Museum
Paul Stephen Benjamin, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Saturday, November 6
3162 Dauphine Street
Sharon Hayes
Crescent Park
Wangechi Mutu
Happyland Theater
Rodney McMillian
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Katrina Andry, Willie Birch, Beverly Buchanan, Jennie C. Jones, Tau Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Neighborhood Story Project, Jennifer Packer, Welmon Sharlhorne
Multiple locations
Nari Ward
New Orleans Lakefront Airport
Jamilah Sabur
Seaworthy
Cooking Sections
UNO Gallery
Candice Lin, Jamilah Sabur
For more information on the exhibition venues and opening timeline, visit prospectneworleans.org
About Prospect New Orleans
Prospect is a citywide contemporary art triennial and the only exhibition of its kind with a decade-long track record. Every three years, Prospect invites artists from around the world to create projects in a wide variety of culturally significant venues spread throughout New Orleans. For residents and visitors alike, Prospect is an invitation to experience the city through the eyes of artists. For more information, visit ProspectNewOrleans.org or follow @prospect_nola.
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