Prospect.5 Yesterday we said tomorrow

October 23, 2021—January 23, 2022

Prospect.5: Yesterday we said tomorrow is the fifth edition of Prospect New Orleans, a citywide art exhibition. Inspired by New Orleans jazz musician Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s 2010 album Yesterday You Said Tomorrow, the title of the exhibition centers the unspoken present, the place where past and future come together, and where other courses of action become possible. The exhibition title also implies the deferral of meaningful change, which often comes slowly or not at all. The artists and ideas that define this exhibition confront this truth, and the stark realities of history, but also suggest that we might yet plot a different future.

Artist list:

Laura Aguilar, Katrina Andry, Keni Anwar, Felipe Baeza, Kevin Beasley, Ron Bechet, Paul Stephen Benjamin, Dawoud Bey, Willie Birch, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Phoebe Boswell, Mark Bradford, Beverly Buchanan, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Cooking Sections, Adriana Corral, Jamal Cyrus, Karon Davis, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, George Dureau, ektor garcia, Sharon Hayes, EJ Hill, Sky Hopinka, Elliott Hundley, Jennie C. Jones, Josh Kun, Mimi Lauter, Simone Leigh, Tau Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Candice Lin, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Dave McKenzie, Rodney McMillian, Wangechi Mutu, The Neighborhood Story Project, Hương Ngô, Jennifer Packer, Malcolm Peacock, Anastasia Pelias, Naudline Pierre, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Eric-Paul Riege, Jamilah Sabur, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Welmon Sharlhorne, Kiki Smith, Carlos Villa, Nari Ward, Cosmo Whyte