One of Prospect.2‘s signature installations is Pawel Wojtasik‘s “Below Sea Level.” Located in the art gallery on the third floor of Delgado’s main building, it’s a series of videos projected on circular walls that almost completely surround the viewer. The round screen immerses the viewer in a series of sequences that examine life in South [...]
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Arthur Roger
October 1, 2011 – 12:25 am
The walls of Arthur Roger Gallery on Julia Street are uncharacteristically bare. On Art for Art’s Sake (Saturday, October 1), the gallery will host a show by filmmaker/writer/artist John Waters titled “Catholic Sin,” but this afternoon, they’re just broad expanses of white. In the back rooms of the gallery, meticulous paintings that depict paperback book [...]
White/Off-White
August 5, 2011 – 11:47 am
On Saturday night, while hoards in white linen flock to Julia Street for White Linen Night, those who venture to Off White Linen Night will enjoy the festivities at artist Will Smith’s home and studio at 1061 Camp St. Starting at 6:00 p.m., Smith will host a night of local art, fashion, and music with [...]
Congo Square Comes to NOMA Tonight
July 15, 2011 – 10:33 am
“At least we’ve got this place,” says Luther Gray, founder of the Congo Square Foundation, and leader of the dance and music ensemble, Bamboula 2000. “It’s a place we can all claim as ours.” Congo Square in Armstrong Park is the epicenter of African culture in New Orleans, which is why local artists and musicians [...]
YouTube du Jour: Swoon
June 29, 2011 – 9:18 am
The artist Swoon has installed a major piece, “Thalassa,” in the front hall of New Orleans Museum of Art. Here’s a video on the making and installation of the piece, which will be on display until September 25. Swoon is also involved in a local project titled, “Dithyrambalina,” which involves building a musical house in [...]
Quintron’s Exile in City Park
May 1, 2011 – 12:05 am
The history of recorded music is littered with albums whose recording sites are central to their sound and lore: from the Rolling Stones making Exile on Main Street in the basement of Keith Richards’ villa in southern France to Radiohead recording OK Computer at St. Catherine’s Court. Closer to home is Quintron’s 12th album, Sucre [...]
The Art in the Hall
May 1, 2011 – 12:04 am
On April 28, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art opens a new exhibition, “Art and Jazz: Preservation Hall at 50.” The show is part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the traditional jazz institution, focusing on the visual art associated with the Hall. The show includes works by Sister Gertrude Morgan, Lee Friedlander, Barry Kiser, [...]
Herman Leonard, Jazz (Bloomsbury)
March 1, 2011 – 12:30 am
While a legend before he moved to New Orleans in 1991, the late Herman Leonard (1923-2010) did not achieve that legendary status as a jazz photographer until later in life. It was not until 1986—we are told in an introduction to this handsome volume by his friend, novelist Reggie Nadelson—that Leonard (then 63) received “the [...]
