Sunday, November 16, 2008

[Prospect.1] New Orleans for the long haul

"But in a way, [Dave] McKenzie's art taps as deeply into the root of Prospect.1 as any of the other event's stars. The show was devised as a gift to the damaged city. Many of the Prospect.1 artists have done their best to express their empathy and loyalty to New Orleans through their art. McKenzie has conceptually cut out the middle man, so to speak. He's expressing his empathy and loyalty to New Orleans by artistically adopting us, as simple as that. Why complicate matters by making a painting or sculpture?"

read full Times Picayune article by arts writer Doug MacCash.

[image from the NASA Visible Earth web site.]

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