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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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Earlier today, we brought you photos from Saturday night's opening of Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose, a bi-coastal collaboration between the magazine and Virginia MOCA. Now, we'd like to give you a closer look at the art and see what it's like to walk through the halls of this unprecedented group of 51 new contemporary artists from all genres and corners of the world.
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Martin Wittfooth The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) will feature some of the foremost contemporary artists through a ten year retrospective of Hi-Fructose Magazine. This exhibition is a unique opportunity to bring a broad spectrum of artwork by over 50 artists from the pages of magazines and computer screens to the walls of a contemporary art museum dedicated to educating on the significant art of today. "Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose" is a collaborative initiative by two like-minded organizations – MOCA in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Hi-Fructose The New Contemporary Art Magazine in San Francisco, California. Both are committed to creating an awareness of contemporary art that is informative, imaginative and relevant. This multi-faceted exhibition will feature artists working in a variety of media including sculpture, installation, painting, ceramics, and photography as well as interactive community outreach and satellite exhibitions. A wide selection of educational programming, film screenings, panel discussions, and events will provide the public an opportunity to interact with the art and artists in exciting new ways. You can check out more info on the Virginia MOCA website and look for more updates on the exhibition coming soon!

Tickets on sale now!

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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