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Sterling
October 2008
On Sale: October 7, 2008
512 pages
ISBN: 1402754086
EAN: 9781402754081
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Non-Fiction Photography
When Cajun artist George Rodrigue began his series of Blue
Dog paintings in 1984, he had no idea that they would
consume the greater part of his life for over two decades,
and that the mysterious Blue Dog—inspired by his studio
dog–turned-model, Tiffany, and the Cajun loup-garou
folk legend—would become a wildly popular international icon
as well. Blue Dog Speaks is the first book to
prominently emphasize Rodrigue’s painting titles, one of the
most important elements in the creation of a Blue Dog
painting, alongside the works. Rodrigue uses Blue Dog
painting titles to provide insight—whether humorous or
nostalgic or sad—into the human
condition.
In an introduction, Rodrigue
reveals how an idea that originated in childhood tales has
now grown far beyond; his Blue Dogs have moved beyond
Louisiana into formerly uncharted territory and now express
larger concepts about contemporary life. His newer
titles—such as Right Place Wrong Time and Tiffany
Remembers the ’70s—along with other, more abstract ones
such as All by Myself with My Happiness capture this
shift in style and content.
But most of all,
there are the paintings themselves, magnificently displayed,
their titles inviting us to ask “What is this dog all
about?” and “What is the artist trying to say?” Even though
the definitive answers remain a mystery, the titles provide
a clue…
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