Category Archives: Video Narrative

Sep 22, 2023: This unique artwork returned to Rodrigue five years after he created it and remained as part of his personal collection. Carved by his friend, master woodworker John Calder Shiell, mahogany reliefs such as this one were Rodrigue’s first attempts at creating a Blue Dog sculpture while staying true to the image asContinue reading “Electric Aura Dog (1992) by George Rodrigue”

Sep 19, 2023: George Rodrigue’s Cajun Series paintings play an important role in the exhibition George Rodrigue: Painting for Myself on view through January 2, 2024 at the Museum of New Art in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Afterwards, the exhibition travels to the Bayou Teche Museum in George’s hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana, in celebration ofContinue reading “Rodrigue’s 1971
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Sep 14, 2023: Filmed by Douglas Magnus at The Museum of New Art in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, join Wendy Rodrigue for a video narrative highlighting two rarely seen George Rodrigue paintings from the couple’s Carmel, California home. Exhibition continues at MONA through January 2, 2024. Sponsored by Avery Insurance.

Jul 28, 2023: In 1999, George Rodrigue partnered with the department store Neiman Marcus to create a painting, print, and catalogue cover commemorating the year 2000. Join Wendy Rodrigue for a lively telling of the backstory, filmed by Douglas Magnus at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen, Louisiana. Don’t miss “The River isContinue reading “Rodrigue’s Millennium”

Jul 19, 2023 LOUISIANA STATE ARCHIVES: Learn the fascinating story behind George Rodrigue’s magnificent 1975 bronze statue of Longfellow’s Evangeline in this video narrative with Wendy Rodrigue, widow of artist George Rodrigue, filmed at the Louisiana State Archives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. See the exhibition, Written in the Stars: Celebrating 100 Louisiana Luminaries, on viewContinue reading “Evangeline in Bronze by George Rodrigue”