I share a birth date with Robert Rauschenberg and I was observing my 50th when we saw an exhibit on him at NOMA in City Park in New Orleans.
According to a press release on the exhibit of the late Rauschenberg:
In 1977 Rauschenberg participated in
the NOMA exhibition Five from Louisiana as one of five Louisiana artists
who had gained international prominence.
The artists included Lynda Benglis,
Tina Girouard, Richard Landry, and Keith Sonnier.
At the time arts advocate
Luba Glade praised Five from Louisiana saying, “It answers a loud ‘Yes’
to the ever present question of whether creative people from the land of
magnolias, red beans, and gumbo can make it to center stage in the great big
art world…”
In Five from Louisiana Rauschenberg
exhibited examples from his Hoarfrost series, and debuted a large artwork from
his Spread series.
This is the first time since 1977 that these two series have
been shown together at NOMA, along with artworks by the other Louisiana artists
from that seminal exhibition.
The image displayed in this blog is especially appealing to me because of the image of the Siamese cat in the center.
For a year now, we have been co-parents to Honey Bear (also known as Miuku) the beautiful and gentle Siamese cat/princess of Little Havana.
To reach NOMA, phone:
(504)
658-4100
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