What’s left to say about Louisiana masters Jacqueline Bishop and Douglas Bourgeois? They are the cream of the generation of Bayou State artists who came of age artistically while Ron and Nancy were in the White House.
In the January 30th, 2009 issue of the Time’s Picayune, Arthur Roger Gallery artist, Willie Birch, was featured in the front page article about the growing apprehension with the increase of violent crimes in New Orleans neighborhoods. Birch’s work, which is rooted in the daily life and celebratory rituals of New Orleans neighborhoods, addresses issues related to the survival and culture of those living in these areas. After recent violent outbursts in his 7th Ward neighborhood, Birch has dedicated much of his art to the documentation of these events in the hope that his work will communicate the need to put an end to this violence.
On Thursday in a gallery near the Oceanfront, New Orleans artist Gene Koss reached nearly 12 feet high to touch up the paint on his six-ton glass-and-aluminum sculpture. To manage that, he duct-taped a paintbrush to a broom handle.
Francis X. Pavy, who studied under the late Elmore Morgan, Jr. (the dean of Louisiana landscapes) as a child, is a prolific Lafayette artist and an aspiring musician. A graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana with a fine arts degree in sculpture, he tells stories of Cajun life and myth with his vibrant art.
Birch at Home By Terrington Calas, NEW ORLEANS ART REVIEW Willie Birch’s take on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is among the most temperate we have seen-and yet possibly the…
Paintings by New Orleans artist Allison Stewart at Perry Nicole Fine Art display her background in botany and reflect the weathered Gulf Coast habitat.
Srdjan Loncar is making money, but it’s not about the profit. He hopes that by the time you’re reading this article, New Orleans will be consumed with blissful residents, toting around their newly acquired golden suitcases, a million dollars richer.
by Mora J. Beauchamp Byrd for John Scott Retrospective at the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana Mora J. Beauchamp Byrd Dr. Mora J. Beauchamp-Byrd is a Visiting Assistant…
New Orleans photographer Deborah Luster searched newspaper archives for the locations of murders. They weren’t hard to find in the Crescent City, one of the country’s killing capitals. With a cumbersome camera that produces odd, old-fashioned circular photos, Luster documented the weedy lots between blighted buildings, out-of-the-way roadsides and miserable hotels where people violently lost their lives.
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PHOTOGRAPHER DEBORAH LUSTER’S MUDERSCAPES ARE A PROSPECT.1 NEW ORLEANS REALITY CHECK
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New Orleans photographer Deborah Luster searched newspaper archives for the locations of murders. They weren’t hard to find in the Crescent City, one of the country’s killing capitals.