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Douglas Bourgeois, b. 1951, Gonzales, LA. Oil on panel. Exhibited with pictured wall text at Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans as part of Prospect.3, 2014-2015.

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New video! 

We visited New Orleans for the Prospect.3 exhibition and saw some fantastic work by artists like Carrie Mae Weems, Camille Henrot, Shigeru Ban, Kerry James Marshall, and Tavares Strachan. These are our thoughts. Let's discuss!

More information on Prospect.3 New Orleans: http://www.prospectneworleans.org/exhibition-description/

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"Exhibit Be had housing and the physical and mental places we live as a unifying theme, and it’s far more a part of the civic dialogue than Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer, which Prospect.3 executive director Franklin Sirmans used as a touchstone for the festival. Had Prospect.3 had gentrification or tourism as possible themes, the work would have joined the conversations that we’re having now instead of existing on sterile gallery walls in seeming vacuums." - on the lessons that Exhibit Be could teach New Orleans' Prospect.3 biennial art festival, which ends this weekend.

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"Artist to Artist" Kerry James Marshall at Prospect.3 | Art21

Chicago-based artist Kerry James Marshall travels to the Prospect.3 biennial in New Orleans, Louisiana and speaks with five fellow artists and one collective: Zarouhie Abdalian, William Cordova, Lonnie Holley, Yun-Fei Ji, Christopher Myers, and The Propeller Group.

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"Basquiat and the Bayou" | Prospect.3 @ The Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Prospect.3: A Show Within a Show: 'Basquiat and the Bayou Presented by The Helis Foundation':

'Basquiat and the Bayou Presented by The Helis Foundation' is a focused exhibition of eight to ten paintings and drawings by Jean‐Michel Basquiat that consider the work of this important artist in light of his relationship to the American South.

The exhibition will be shown as part of 'Prospect.3: Notes for Now,' October 25, 2014 through January 25, 2015 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. “Basquiat and the Bayou Presented by The Helis Foundation” embodies the core themes that will be echoed in Artistic Director Franklin Sirmans’ vision for Prospect.3, which will bring together several art historical investigations alongside contemporary artworks.

“Basquiat and the Bayou Presented by The Helis Foundation” is made possible by The Helis Foundation. Additional support is contributed by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Edythe and Eli Broad Foundation.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, “King Zulu” (1986). Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Government of Catalonia Art Fund. Former Salvador Riera Collection. (© The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, New York 2014)

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled (Cadmium), 1984. Oil, oil-stick and acrylic on canvas, 66 x 60 inches. High Museum of Art Atlanta, Purchase in honor of Lynne Browne, President of the Members Guild, 1992-1993, with funds from Alfred Austell Thornton in memory of Leila Austell Thornton and Albert Edward Thornton., Sr., and Sarah Miller Venable and William Hoyt Venable, 1993.3. © Basquiat Estate.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Zydeco” (1984). Installation view in “Basquiat and the Bayou” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans (photo by John d’Addario)

Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Embittered” (1986). Installation view in “Basquiat and the Bayou” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans (photo by John d’Addario)

Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Natchez” (1985) (Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich © The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, New York 2014)

Jean-Michel Basquiat, “CPRKR” (1982) (Donald Baechler Collection, New York)

Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Exu” (1988). Installation view in “Basquiat and the Bayou” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans (photo by John d’Addario)

Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Procession” (1986). Installation view in “Basquiat and the Bayou” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans (photo by John d’Addario)

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Exu, 1988. Acrylic and oil paint-stick on canvas, 79 x 100 inches (200.7 x 254 cm). Collection Aurelia Navarra.

Examples of late graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work is at the Ogden Museum for Southern Art in New Orleans through Jan. 25, 2015 (via Jackson Free Press)

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Resources:

"Basquiat in the American South" / John d'Addario, Hyperallergic (30 Oct. 2014)

"Basquiat and the Bayou" / Eric Fretz, Basquiat Biography (20 Oct. 2014)

"Origin of Cotton: Basquiat and the South" / Genevieve Legacy, Jackson Free Press(19 Nov. 2014)

Prospect.3, A Show Withn a Show: 'Basquiat and the Bayou Presented by the Helis Foundation'

Ogden Museum of Southern Art - Current Exhibitions - Prospect.3

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AN EXPLORATION OF PROSPECT.3 IN NEW ORLEANS

The third iteration of Prospect — a city-wide event, now running on a triennial model, that this year showcases the work of 58 international artists across 18 venues — has what curator Franklin Sirmans terms its “structural entryway” in “The Moviegoer,” a 1961 novel by Walker Percy set in and around New Orleans. 

FULL ARTICLE

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P.3 Blog | Meet P.3 Artists Chandra McCormick & Keith Calhoun

'“Don’t you know that slavery was outlawed?” “No,” the guard said, “you’re wrong. Slavery was outlawed with the exception of prisons. Slavery is legal in prisons....” [More]

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Paper Log House, Philippines | Shigeru Ban. More on the P.3 Blog!

"Shigeru Ban, born 1959 in Tokyo, Japan, is an internationally renowned architect, and was most recently named the 2014 recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the most prestigious prize in modernist architecture. Ban is best recognized for his groundbreaking architectural work with paper, and is the first architect to implement recycled cardboard tubing as housing infrastructure to quickly and efficiently shelter disaster victims.  According to Ban, paper is not only low-cost, but also extremely accessible. In 1990, when building relief housing in Turkey, he and his team were able to obtain the paper tubing for free. The recycled usage of paper instead of materials such as aluminum prevents theft and also conserves local trees, especially in refugee areas where resources are not as available. Ban’s minimal design ideology, which always incorporates the use of existing materials as well as a DIY approach, also allows for community participation in the creation of low-cost but effective shelters...."