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Metairie, Louisiana<\/span>
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Installed January 2010 – 28 ft<\/span><\/h5>\n

This large-scale sculpture prompted new challenges for George Rodrigue, including working with and curving enormous sheets of metal, transporting the work from the fabrication shop more than one hundred miles, arranging landscaping, security, lighting, and parking, planning for hurricane force winds, and most importantly, working with area legislators and citizens to ensure a sculpture and installation that adds in a positive way to their community.<\/p>\n

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Rosemary Beach, Florida<\/span>
\nScenic Hwy 30A<\/span><\/h4>\n
Installed May 2017<\/span><\/h5>\n

George Rodrigue’s\u00a0Colors of my Mind\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(2008) premiered amid great fanfare during the\u00a0Rosemary Beach Sculpture Exhibition<\/b>\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0permanent installation\u00a0on Northwest Florida’s scenic Highway 30A.<\/span><\/p>\n

This magnificent sculpture is one of Rodrigue’s greatest artistic accomplishments, as well as an important American Modernist artwork. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lafayette, Louisiana<\/span>
\nKaliste Saloom Office Park<\/span><\/h4>\n
Installed 1983<\/span><\/h5>\n

George Rodrigue held a deep appreciation for classicism in the visual arts.\u00a0In a way, this embrace of time-honored techniques and subjects translated to a parallel within his own career, as evidenced in his large scale bronze, Legacy<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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New Orleans, Louisiana<\/span>
\nBesthoff Sculpture Garden, NOMA<\/span><\/h4>\n
Installed 2007<\/span><\/h5>\n

There was a real challenge in creating the dog as a sculpture, because for George Rodrigue the Blue Dog only exists in two dimensions. It\u2019s not like a dog at all. It doesn\u2019t run or bark or chase its tail. It doesn\u2019t have a backside. It only exists in a specific pose and on a flat plain within a Rodrigue painting.<\/p>\n

Created in 2005, Rodrigue’s early three-sided Blue Dog sculpture, We Stand Together<\/em><\/strong> resides under the oaks at NOMA.<\/p>\n

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New Iberia, Louisiana<\/span>
\nGeorge Rodrigue Park<\/span><\/h4>\n

George Rodrigue’s hometown of New Iberia, Louisiana has made plans to honor his memory in a remarkable way! The public pocket park in the National Register Historic District commemorating artist George Rodrigue, New Iberia native artist and creator of the Blue Dog paintings.<\/p>\n

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