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Wayne White to Visit Virginia MOCA

Wayne White, the multi-disciplinary artist, puppeteer, art director, set designer, and musician, comes to the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art on Friday, Nov. 4. White is part of the “Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose” exhibition, which inhabits the museum through Dec. 31. The artist will narrate a slew of images, offering some banjo and harmonica tunes along the way.


Wayne White, the multi-disciplinary artist, puppeteer, art director, set designer, and musician, comes to the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art on Friday, Nov. 4. White is part of the “Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose” exhibition, which inhabits the museum through Dec. 31. The artist will narrate a slew of images, offering some banjo and harmonica tunes along the way.

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White worked as an illustrator for publications like the Village Voice and New York Times before a stint on the crew for “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse” in the mid-1980s, working as a designer. (He garnered three Emmys for his work, and he also worked on “The Weird Al Show” and “Beakman’s World.”) White’s work in art direction in music videos can be seen in videos like The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight, Tonight” and Peter Gabriel’s “Big Time.” These days, White’s at work on new visual art, described as “oversized, three-dimensional text painstakingly integrated into vintage landscape reproductions.”


White’s visit costs $20 for museum members and $30 for non-members, and it includes admission to check out “Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose,” as well. White will be signing copies of the monograph “Maybe Now I’ll Get the Respect I So Richly Deserve,” which was edited by Todd Oldham, after the program. More info here.

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Tickets are now available for the Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose opening night celebration, coming to Virginia MOCA this May! Turn the Page will be inaugurated with a premiere extravaganza shrouded in mystery and inspiring wonder. Cocktails, dinner, and entertainment begin the evening in an edgy, but sophisticated surreal forest. Emerging from the surreal forest, guests will enjoy the first private curatorial tours of the awaited exhibition: Turn the Page, featuring 51 of the foremost artists of our time from the ten year history of Hi-Fructose Magazine.
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Tomorrow night, American artist Wayne White will exhibit alongside his son, Woodrow White, for the first time in San Francisco at Heron Arts Gallery. In 1986, Wayne White earned international acclaim as the set and puppet designer of TV series Pee Wee's Playhouse, for which he won three Emmy awards. "Ass Kicking Contest" brings the same slapstick and backwards charm that will be familiar to fans of his work on the show. Originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee and now living and working in Los Angeles, he credits his Southern roots for his unique take on Americana and D.I.Y. style. In addition to witty word paintings like "Hoo Ha" and works on paper, he will also present animated puppets.
Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose was born as a bi-coastal collaboration between contemporary art magazine Hi-Fructose based in San Francisco and the Virginia MOCA. Several years in the making, this exhibition celebrated the magazine's first ten years on Saturday night by bringing highlights of some of today's foremost contemporary artists who have appeared in its pages to Virginia Beach.

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