All imagery and artwork on this site is created and copyrighted by Revere La Noue, 2008.
THE ORIGINAL MASCOT PRINT SERIES
Artistic Interpretations of America’s College Mascots by Revere La Noue
Sept. 18 – Oct. 28, 2009
Bull City Arts Collaborative * 401-B1 Foster Street * Durham, NC Between the Marriott Hotel and the Piedmont restaurant)
DURHAM – Sep. 10, 2009 --- Light Rain Media and the Bull City Arts Collaborative invite the community to attend the opening celebration of The Original Mascot Print Series on September 18th, from 6-9 PM. The show will be exhibited at the Upfront Gallery at the Bull City Arts Collaborative and extend into his front studio workspace. Prints will be available for sale, both framed and unframed (and unique custom variations of each print are possible as well).
The Original Mascot Print Series features artwork depicting the history and spirit behind the collegiate icons loved by millions of people across the country. By using giclee prints as his final form, Revere La Noue mixes layers of organic fine art to create complex images with great depth, texture, and movement. The show will include additional sketches and preliminary works that contributed to the final art in the series. A short “making of” film will also be displayed at the exhibit.
An unlikely topic for fine art, the pieces are impressions of the mascots embraced by American Universities including the North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Duke Blue Devils, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Stanford Cardinal, Maryland Terrapins, Florida State Seminoles and others. La Noue begins each mascot study with extensive research into “the derivation, history, and cultural elements involved with their legends and legacies.”
Unlike most other giclee prints that are simply replicas, La Noue uses giclee printing as a vessel to make original images that are impossible to create in any other format. Taking very high resolution scans of his paintings, drawings, photographs, and archival imagery, La Noue assembles more than 50 layers of media into a single piece of art. His innovative combination of fine art and modern technology is a unique and evolving method that emphasizes story and movement, and one that La Noue attributes to his background in filmmaking.
Revere La Noue is an award winning filmmaker and artist based in Durham, North Carolina. He was a Division I Lacrosse player at the University of Notre Dame where he received his Bachelor’s Degree. He has Master’s Degree in Documentary Film and Video Program from Stanford University. His work has been part of world-class art museums and galleries, national and international film festivals and national television broadcasts.
For more information or to preview images, please visit http://www.mascotgallery.com
For interview requests or gallery previews, contact:
Revere La Noue - Light Rain Media
401-B1 Foster St., Durham, North Carolina 27701
E-mail: rl@lightrainmedia.com
Phone: (202) 270-3201 or (917) 432-8684
THE MASCOT GALLERY
FINE ART PRINTS BY REVERE LA NOUE
CELEBRATING THE HISTORY AND TRADITION BEHIND THE MASCOT
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ELISABETH HAVILAND JAMES COPYRIGHT 2009.
