96”x480”; encaustic, paper, plastic, pins, photographs, foam, and linen on panel; 2020-2021. Courtesy of the artist; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; and Kasmin, New York. Photo by Ric Kasini Kadour, used with permission of Prospect New Orleans.
FROM KOLAJ 35
Collage at Prospect.5 in New Orleans
Prospect New Orleans is a city-wide art triennial art exhibition. The organizers write, “Every three years, we bring new art to an old city by inviting artists from all over the world to create projects in a wide variety of venues spread throughout New Orleans.” Prospect.5, on view from October 2021 to January 2022, took place at over two dozen sites across New Orleans. Sites included traditional art venues as well as city parks, the former home to a confederate monument, and a neighborhood theatre, to name a few. Curated by Los Angeles-based curators Naima J. Keith and Diana Nawi, the exhibition put the city of New Orleans in conversation with the international art scene while speaking to contemporary issues, particularly those raised by climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Kolaj 35, Ric Kasini Kadour reviewed collage at Prospect.5 and discussed Wayne Amedèe and Amelia Broussard in “Sugar” at Antenna Gallery; Elliot Hundley’s epic, 40-foot long, 8-foot tall collage at Tulane University’s Newcomb Art Museum; Toronto-based Tau Lewis’ mandala-like works made of recycled fabrics and Beverly Buchanan’s house assemblages at the Ogden Museum; and Jamal Cyrus’s abstract textile works and Felipe Baeza’s collages at the Contemporary Arts Center.
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Image: Ric Kasini Kadour
While rarely is collage and the issues the medium raises a central focus of critical or curatorial attention, a collage-centric view of Prospect affords us the opportunity to see how collage plays in the international art scene….Seek and ye shall find. We found collage—be it the medium, the genre, or the approach the artist was using—at nearly every venue at Prospect.
The full article appears in Kolaj 35. From the Scottish Highlands to the shores of Lake Ontario to Mombasa, Kenya, the printed magazine brings the wide-world of collage to your doorstep. To read the full article, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.
Prospect New Orleans is a citywide contemporary art triennial. This international event brings new art every three years to venues throughout New Orleans. Prospect.5: “Yesterday we said tomorrow” took place 23 October 2021-22 January 2022 and was curated by the Susan Brennan Co-Artistic Directors Naima J. Keith and Diana Nawi, with Grace Deveney, Associate Curator, and Lucia Olubunmi Momoh, Curatorial Associate. The works in this article were presented at Antenna Gallery, the Newcomb Art Museum at Tulane University, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans. Learn more at www.prospect5.org.