Prospect.1 New Orleans
TONY FITZPATRICK Boeuf Gras, 2008,Mixed media and collage on paper.7 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.Courtesy the artist and Pierogi, Brooklyn
Announces Artists for its Inaugural Biennialand Highlights of Works to be PresentedNovember 1, 2008 - January 18, 2009Additional Venues Announcedhttp://www.prospectneworleans.org
Dan Cameron, Director and Curator of Prospect.1 New Orleans, announced today the names of the 81 local, national, and international artists selected to participate in the inaugural edition of the biennial, on view November 1, 2008, through January 18, 2009. Hailing from 36 countries and five continents, many of these artists are creating new and original works that respond both to the locations in which they will be installed and to the city of New Orleans as a whole, for the largest biennial of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States.