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Commemorative EXHIBITION POSTER available! BUY NOW<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Rodrigue\u2019s Blue Dog: Discovering Late Works on Canvas and Metal<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

June 12 \u2013 August 18, 2018
\n<\/del>Extended to October 6, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ohr – O’Keefe Museum of Art
\n<\/a><\/strong>IP Casino Gallery
\n386 Beach Boulevard
\nBiloxi, Mississippi
\n228.374.5547<\/p>\n

Born and raised in southwest Louisiana, \u201cCajun Country,\u201d George Rodrigue (1944-2013) preserved on his canvas what he feared was his dying heritage \u2014 including its land, people, traditions and mythology. It was a Cajun legend, the loup-garou<\/i>, that spawned his most famous series, The Blue Dog.<\/p>\n

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Throughout, Rodrigue considered himself aligned with Surrealism, Pop, and Abstract Art —associations that are increasingly obvious in his late works.\u00a0 <\/span>The artist\u2019s tremendous output, even during his illness, demonstrates his interest in bold colors, abstract shapes, large scale, and non-traditional materials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drawn exclusively from the Rodrigue Archives and the artist\u2019s private collection, Rodrigue\u2019s Blue Dog: Discovering Late Works on Canvas and Metal<\/i> features twenty-five contemporary and rarely seen works of art created during the last decade of his life.\u00a0 <\/span>Also included is his first painting without reference to the Louisiana landscape, a striking and pivotal work from 1991 that marked the beginning of the artist\u2019s Blue Dog Series.\u00a0 <\/span>Finally, selections from Swamp Dogs<\/i> and Hollywood Stars<\/i> combine Rodrigue\u2019s love of reflective metal surfaces with painting, photography, and modern technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you try to paint to please a public or a critic, you\u2019ll never create anything lasting, anything new, or anything purely <\/span>your own.\u201d \u2013G.R.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A new interview with Wendy Rodrigue, recorded live from the museum, with NPR for Mississippi Public Broadcasting, beginning at 18:19. LISTEN NOW<\/a><\/p>\n

Special thanks to WLOX Gulf Coast Weekend for this exhibition preview:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n