Prospect.3 Biennial and ExhibitBe Graffiti Show Contrast Art Worlds in New Orleans
From October 25, 2014, to January 25, 2015, Franklin Sirmans served as the curator for Prospect.3: Notes for Now, the third biennial in New Orleans, which showcased 58 artists across 18 venues. Notable pieces included Paul Gauguin's 1891 artwork Under the Pandanus at the New Orleans Museum of Art, alongside creations by Tarsila do Amaral and Ed Clark. The Ogden Museum featured works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Herbert Singleton, while the Contemporary Arts Center exhibited photographs by Manal Aldowayan and paintings by McArthur Binion. Simultaneously, ExhibitBe, curated by Brandan "B-mike" Odoms, ran from November 15, 2014, to January 25, 2015, displaying 51 graffiti artists in a public housing complex, contrasting institutional art with graffiti.
Key facts
- Prospect.3: Notes for Now ran from October 25, 2014 to January 25, 2015 in New Orleans
- Franklin Sirmans curated 58 artists and collaborations at 18 locations
- ExhibitBe was an outdoor graffiti show from November 15, 2014 to January 25, 2015 at 3010 Sandra Drive, Algiers
- Brandan "B-mike" Odoms curated 51 graffiti artists at ExhibitBe
- The New Orleans Museum of Art displayed Paul Gauguin's Under the Pandanus (1891) on loan from the Dallas Museum of Art
- The Ogden Museum of Southern Art showed Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings and Herbert Singleton's bas-reliefs
- ExhibitBe occupied a public housing complex scheduled for demolition to build a sports center
- A free newspaper map by The New Orleans Advocate was more useful than Prospect.3's catalogue
Entities
Artists
- Franklin Sirmans
- Paul Gauguin
- Tarsila do Amaral
- Ed Clark
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Herbert Singleton
- Manal Aldowayan
- McArthur Binion
- Thomas Joshua Cooper
- Charles Gaines
- Pieter Hugo
- Yun-Fei Ji
- Edgar Degas
- Brandan "B-mike" Odoms
- Rone
- Ana Hernandez
- Rontherin Ratliff
- MEEK
- George Carter
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Biggie Smalls
- Harriet Tubman
- Radio Raheem
- Maya Angelou
- Huey P. Newton
- Fred Hampton
- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Joachim Pissarro
- Liz
Institutions
- New Orleans Museum of Art
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Ogden Museum of Southern Art
- Contemporary Arts Center
- The New Orleans Advocate
- Louisiana State Penitentiary
Locations
- New Orleans
- United States
- Algiers
- Saudi Arabia
- Brazil
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Nigeria
- China
- Angola
- Ferguson
- Australia