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Wayne White's works on display in Rochester will be unveiled to the public during an opening reception on Saturday, Oct, 7.
ROCHESTER -- The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts will present a duo art show featuring a selection of works by internationally recognized artist Wayne White and local artist Elizabeth LeBlanc in the Carnegie Gallery at the Rochester Public Library.
White is an American artist, art director, illustrator, and puppeteer. Born and raised in Chattanooga, Wayne has used his memories of the South to create inspired works for film, television, and the fine art world. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University, Wayne traveled to New York City where he worked as an illustrator for the East Village Eye, New York Times, Raw Magazine, and the Village Voice.
In 1986, Wayne became a designer for the hit television show Pee-wee's Playhouse, and his work was awarded with three Emmys. After traveling to Los Angeles with his wife, Mimi Pond, Wayne continued to work in television and designed sets and characters for shows such as Shining Time Station, Beakman's World, Riders In The Sky, and Bill & Willis. He also worked in the music video industry, winning Billboard and MTV Music Video Awards as an art director for seminal music videos including The Smashing Pumpkins' 'Tonight, Tonight' and Peter Gabriel's 'Big Time.'
White motus operandi is to take cheap, mass-produced lithographs which he finds in secondhand thrift stores and painstakingly write phrases or words on them in a glossy, 3-D style.
White's works, which often employ vulgar language, are on loan from a private art collector who has elected to donate two of the pieces to the museum's special collections. The entire selection will be unveiled to the public at 2pm during an opening reception on Saturday, October 7th from 1-3 p.m.
Elizabeth LeBlanc is a New England based artist. Elizabeth studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art and received her BFA from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. LeBlanc's love of mixing and blending media begun in her earliest years, and continues to be an integral part of her art making process. "Process and layering" is how she works through each piece, in a problem solving manner. LeBlanc draws inspiration from fine art, interior design and nature.
The show runs from Oct. 7 to Nov. 30.
An opening reception will be held on Oct. 7 from 1-3 p.m.
The Carnegie Gallery is located on the second floor of the Rochester Public Library at 65 South Main St., Rochester. The reception will include light refreshments and the public is encouraged to attend.
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