Category Archives: Rodrigue Video Narrative

Sep 29, 2023: Painted entirely in Carmel, California, Bodies premiered in 2005 at Rodrigue Studio, New Orleans, where George Rodrigue himself installed it throughout his Royal Street gallery. Bodies commanded its own room at the New Orleans Museum of Art during the museum’s 2008 Rodrigue retrospective exhibition. Today, the series is an integral part ofContinue reading ““Bodies” by George Rodrigue”

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”