As George Rodrigue began exploring the Blue Dog’s possibilities in the early 1990s, he painted works that removed any reference to the dog’s Cajun origins as a representation of the loup-garou. Two Can Play This Game is one of those paintings that puts the Blue Dog into a modern context. Here Rodrigue paints two overlapping Blue Dogs amongst blocks of bright, saturated color. The painting features a Blue Dog and its alter ego, the Red Dog. Rodrigue began painting the Red Dog in the early 1990s as the Blue Dog’s occasionally mischievous counterpart. Two Can Play This Game shows the artist turning his creation into a graphic symbol that could be used to comment on contemporary life.
As George Rodrigue began exploring the Blue Dog’s possibilities in the early 1990s, he painted works that removed any reference to the dog’s Cajun origins as a representation of the loup-garou. Two Can Play This Game is one of those paintings that puts the Blue Dog into a modern context. Here Rodrigue paints two overlapping Blue Dogs amongst blocks of bright, saturated color. The painting features a Blue Dog and its alter ego, the Red Dog. Rodrigue began painting the Red Dog in the early 1990s as the Blue Dog’s occasionally mischievous counterpart. Two Can Play This Game shows the artist turning his creation into a graphic symbol that could be used to comment on contemporary life.