“This Blue Dog came into my life, and changed everything. It just hit like a rocket ship, and just bang!, you know?” -George Rodrigue George Rodrigue paints Blue Dogs, and rather a lot of them. Well, I guess really he just paints one blue dog several times. The Cajun Artist George Rodrigue has been painting this blue dog since around 1984-it’s supposed to be a sort of werewolf, or at least, be inspire by a werewolf. George Rodrigue is one of many artists whose names I am familiar with from seeing them on CBS Sunday Morning. The Meet the Blue…
Category: modern art
The Armory Show-But Is It Art?
The Armory Show is all about Current Art. The International Fair of New Art, is the world’s leading art fair devoted exclusively to contemporary art. In its tenth annual exhibition, The Armory Show 2008 celebrates the spirit of contemporary art. The exhibition includes many of the most important contemporary dealers showcasing new art from around the world. It could be argued that there hasn’t been any real Art since before 1900-or before the impressionists, or before Picasso, but Art has always had it’s odd followers who liked the latest things. Even if the latest things look mostly like what you…