Prospect.1
Artistic Director: Dan Cameron
November 1, 2008—January 18, 2009
When it opened on November 1, 2008, the 11-week Prospect.1 New Orleans was the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the US and the most ambitious art exhibition in New Orleans’ history. Curated by Founding Director Dan Cameron, P.1 spanned the entire city, driving traffic to venues throughout New Orleans.
P.1 is widely viewed as a seminal exhibition for how it asked artists to engage the landscape and consider the entirety of the city. Several projects——for example Mark Bradford’s Mithra, Wangechi Mutu’s Miss Sarah’s House, and Nari Ward’s Diamond Gym——remain some of those most associated with Prospect.
Prospect.1 generated approximately 90,000 admissions and many of its venues broke attendance records. The direct economic impact of Prospect.1 on the city of New Orleans, including hotels and restaurants, goods and services, contract employment and media exposure, was $25 million.
Monica Bovincini Desire, 2006. Installation view at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Photo: John d’Addario.
Left: Nari Ward, Diamond Gym: Action Network, 2008. Installation view at the Battle Ground Baptist Church. Photo: John d’Addario.
Mark Bradford, Mithra, 2008. Installation view in the Lower 9th Ward. Photo: John d’Addario.
Wangechi Mutu, Mrs. Sarah’s House, 2008. Installation View, Lower Ninth Ward. Photo: John D’Addario.
Adam Cvijanovic, The Bayou, 2008. Installation view at the Tekrema Center for Art and Culture. Photo: John d’Addario.
Willie Birch, We Come This Far By Faith, 2007. Installation view at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Photo: John d’Addario.
Prospect.1 Artist List
Allora & Calzadilla
B. 1974, Philadelphia, PA/ 1971, Havana, Cuba
Reside in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ghada Amer
B.1963, Cairo, Egypt
Resides in New York, NY
El Anatsui
B. 1944, Anyako, Ghana
Resides in Nsukka, Nigeria
Janine Antoni
B. 1964, Freeport, The Bahamas
Resides in New York, NY
Alexandre Arrechea
B. 1970, Trinidad, Cuba
Resides in New York, NY
Luis Cruz Azaceta
B. 1942, Havana, Cuba
Resides in New Orleans, LA
John E. Barnes, Jr.
B. 1971, Bogalusa, LA
Resides in New Orleans, LA
Sanford Biggers
B. 1970, Los Angeles, CA
Resides in New York, NY
Willie Birch
B. 1942, New Orleans, LA
Resides in New Orleans, LA
Monica Bonvicini
B. 1965, Venice, Italy
Resides in Berlin, Germany
Mark Bradford
B. 1961, Los Angeles, CA
Resides in Los Angeles, CA
Candice Breitz
B.1972, Johannesburg, South Africa
Resides in Berlin, Germany
Cai Guo Qiang
B. 1957, Quanzhou, China
Resides in New York, NY
Cao Fei
B. 1978, Guangzhou, China
Resides in Beijing, China
Francis Cape
B. 1952, Portugal
Resides in Narrowsburg, NY
Chen Chieh-Jen
B. 1960, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Resides in Taipei, Taiwan
Adam Cvijanovic
B. 1959, Cambridge, MA
Resides in New York, NY
Jose Damasceno
B. 1968, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Resides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Anne Deleporte
B. 1960, Corsica, France
Resides in New York, NY
Leandro Erlich
B. 1973, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina/ Montevideo, Uruguay
Skylar Fein
B. 1968, New York, NY
Resides in New Orleans, LA
Roy G. Ferdinand, JR.
B. 1959, New Orleans, LA
D. 2004, New Orleans, LA
Tony Fitzpatrick
B. 1958, Chicago, IL
Resides in New Orleans, LA
Gajin Fujita
B. 1972, Los Angeles, CA
Resides in Los Angeles, CA
Rico Gatson
B. 1966, Augusta, GA
Resides in Brooklyn, NY
Katharina Grosse
B. 1961, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Resides in Berlin, Germany
Trenton Doyle Hancock
B. 1974, Oklahoma City, OK
Resides in Houston, TX
Victor Harris & Fi Yi Yi
Resides in New Orleans, LA
Arturo Herrera
B. 1959, Caracas, Venezuela
Resides in New York, NY/Berlin, Germany
Jacqueline Humphries
B. 1960, New Orleans, LA
Resides in New York, NY
Isaac Julien
B. 1960, London, England
Resides in London, England
William Kentridge
B. 1955, Johannesburg. South Africa
Resides in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lee Bul
B. 1964, Yeongju-si, South Korea
Resides in Seoul, South Korea
Kalup Linzy
B. 1977, Clermont, FL
Resides in Brooklyn, NY
Srdjan Loncar
B. 1971 Rijeka, Croatia
Resides in New Orleans, LA
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
B. 1967, Mexico City, Mexico
Resides in Montreal, Quebec/Madrid, Spain
Deborah Luster
B. 1951, Bend, OR
Resides in New Orleans, LA
Jorge Macchi
B. 1963, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Shawne Major
B. 1968, New Iberia, LA
Resides in Opelousas, LA
Nalini Malani
B. 1946, Karachi, Pakistan
Resides in Mumbai
McCallum & Tarry
B. 1966, Green Bay, WI/ B. 1963, Buffalo, NY
Reside in Brooklyn, NY
Dave McKenzie
B. 1977, Kingston, Jamaica
Resides in Brooklyn, NY
Josephine Meckseper
B. 1964, Lilienthal, Germany
Resides in New York, NY
Julie Mehretu
B. 1970, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Resides in New York, NY
Aernout Mik
B. 1962, Groningen, Netherlands
Resides in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Beatriz Milhazes
B. 1960, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Resides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tatsuo Miyajima
B. 1957, Tokyo, Japan
Resides in Moriya, Japan
Yasumasa Morimura
B. 1951, Osaka, Japan
Resides in Osaka, Japan
Zwelethu Mthethwa
B. 1970, Durban, South Africa
Resides in Cape Town, South Africa
Wangechi Mutu
B. 1974, Nairobi, Kenya
Resides in Brooklyn, NY/Nairobi, Kenya
Shirin Neshat
B. 1957, Qazvin, Iran
Resides in New York, NY
Marcel Odenbach
B. 1953, Cologne, Germany
Resides in Cologne, Germany
Kaz Oshiro
B. 1967, Okinawa, Japan
Resides in Los Angeles, CA
Miguel Palma
B. 1967, Lisbon, Portugal
Resides in Lisbon, Portugal
Perejaume
B. 1957, Sant Pol de Mar, Spain
Resides in Barcelona, Spain
Pierre et Gilles
B. 1950, La Roche sur-Yon, France/1953, Le Havre, France
Reside in Paris, France
John Pilson
B. 1968, New York, NY
Resides in New York, NY
Sebastian Preece
B. 1972, Santiago, Chile
Resides in Santiago, Chile
Navin Rawanchaikul
B. 1971, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Resides in Chiang Mai, Thailand/Fukuoka, Japan
Rosangela Renno
B. 1962, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Resides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pedro Reyes
B. 1972, Mexico City, Mexico
Resides in Mexico City, Mexico
Robin Rhode
B. 1976, Cape Town, South Africa
Resides in Johannesburg, South Africa/Berlin, Germany
Stephen G. Rhodes
B. 1977, Houston, TX
Resides in Los Angeles, CA
Nadine Robinson
B. 1968 London, England
Resides in New York, NY
Clare E. Rojas
B. 1976, Columbus, OH
Resides in Los Angeles, CA
Kay Rosen
B. 1943, Corpus Christi, TX
Resides in Gary, IN/ New York, NY
Malick Sidibe
B. 1935, Soloba, Mali
D. 2016, Bamako, Mali
Amy Sillman
B. 1955, Detroit, MI
Resides in Brooklyn, NY
Nedko Solakov
B. 1957, Cherven Bryag, Bulgaria
Resides in Sofia, Bulgaria
Monika Sosnowska
B. 1972, Ryki, Poland
Resides in Warsaw, Poland
Jackie Sumell
B. 1973, Brooklyn, NY
Resides in New Orleans, LA
Superflex
Est. 1993, Denmark
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark
Fiona Tan
B. 1966, Pekanbaru, Indonesia
Resides in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pascale Marthine Tayou
B. 1966, Yaounde, Cameroon
Resides in Ghent, Belgium
Fred Tomaselli
B. 1956, Santa Monica, CA
Resides in Brooklyn, NY
Jannis Varelas
B. 1977, Greece
Resides in Athens, Greece/ Vienna, Austria/Los Angeles, CA
Xavier Veilhan
B. 1963, Lyon, France
Resides in Paris, France
Paul Villinski
B. 1960, York, ME
Resides in New York, NY
Nari Ward
B. 1963, St. Andrew, Jamaica
Resides in New York, NY
Xu Bing
B. 1955, Chongquing, China
Resides in Beijing, China/ New York, NY
Participating Artists by Venue
*indicates works in multiple sites, or moving from site to site
Edgar Degas Foundation
Aernout Mik
Battle Ground Baptist Church
Nari Ward
Charles J. Colton School
José Damasceno
Tatsuo Miyajima
Cai Guo-Qiang
Paul Villinski*
Common Ground Relief
Ghada Amer
Contemporary Arts Center (CAC)
Allora y Calzadilla
Luis Cruz Azaceta
John L. Barnes, Jr.
Candice Breitz
Cao Fei
Chen Chieh-Jen
Skylar Fein
Gajin Fujita
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Isaac Julien
Lee Bul
Shawne Major
Nalini Malani
Josephine Meckseper
Julie Mehretu
Pedro Reyes
Kay Rosen
Jackie Sumell & Herman Wallace
Fiona Tan
Jannis Varelas
Harrah’s Casino/Plaza of Good Fortune
Alexandre Arrechea
Hefler Warehouse
Takashi Horisaki
Xavier Veilhan
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Rosângela Rennó
Ideal Auto Repair
Jacqueline Humphries
L9 Center for the Arts
Anne Deleporte*
Wangechi Mutu
Louisiana ArtWorks
Arturo Herrera
Srdjan Loncar*
Perejaume
Haegue Yang*
Louisiana State Museum/Old U.S. Mint
El Anatsui
Sanford Biggers
Francis Cape
Anne Deleporte*
Srdjan Loncar*
Deborah Luster
Beatriz Milhazes
Yasumasa Morimura
Zwelethu Mthethwa
Stephen G. Rhodes
Clare E. Rojas
Fred Tomaselli
The Lower Ninth Ward Village
Janine Antoni
Miguel Palma
Superflex
Loyola University
Nadine Robinson
The George and Leah McKenna Museum of African-American Art
Marcel Odenbach
Malick Sidibé
Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University
Shirin Neshat
New Orleans African American Museum
Rico Gatson
William Kentridge
McCallum & Tarry
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
Pascale Marthine Tayou
Amy Sillman
Nedko Solakov
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
Pascale Marthine Tayou
Amy Sillman
Nedko Solakov
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
Roy Ferdinand, Jr.
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Center
Tony Fitzpatrick
John Pilson
Navin Rawanchaikul/Tyler Russell
New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau
Haegue Yang*
New Orleans Museum of Art
Willie Birch
Monica Bonvicini
Victor Harris & Fi-Yi-Yi
Kalup Linzy
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Jorge Macchi/Edgardo Rudnitzky
Kaz Oshiro
Xu Bing
Tekrema Center for Art and Culture
Adam Cvijanovic
Sebastián Preece*
Universal Furniture
Pierre et Gilles
Lower 9th Ward (various):
Mark Bradford
Leandro Erlich
Katharina Grosse
Robin Rhode
Paul Villinski*
Other:
Dave McKenzie
Kalup Linzy
Navin Rawanchaikul/Tyler Russell