Terence La Noue, Cochin, 1981

Terence La Noue

Cochin, 1981

Color etching on wove paper

Signed, dated and numbered 35/65 in green crayon on the front

37 1/2 × 31 inches

Unframed

Color etching on wove paper
Hand signed and numbered 35/65
Unframed but accompanied by the original tag from Art Options, Inc., NYC

About the title:
Cochin is a city in southwest India's coastal Kerala state. It has been a port since 1341, when a flood carved out its harbor and opened it to Arab, Chinese and European merchants. Sites reflecting those influences include Fort Kochi, a settlement with tiled colonial bungalows and diverse houses of worship. Cantilevered Chinese fishing nets, typical of Kochi, have been in use for centuries. Cochin is known for its unparalleled beauty in terms of natural habitat, rich cultural heritage and people.

Terence La Noue Biography:
American
b. 1941, Hammond, Indiana
Lives and works in Arizona, Vermont and Paris

Terence La Noue creates paintings with layers of fabric, gauze and acrylic paint, forming a lively melding of many different materials, symbols and colors. His extensive world travels serve as inspiration for works that are abstract mixtures of Western and non-Western traditions and histories. India, South America, Morocco, Mexico and Nepal have been favorite destinations.

La Noue's paintings often take years to complete. Julie Sasse, curator of contemporary art at the Tucson Museum of Art, has said that There's a deep sense of archaeology in the way that the works are layered.

Terence La Noue has artworks in numerous international museum collections including the Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan, the Power Institute of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia, and the Musee d'Art et Archeologie, Paris, France. Various American collections also own La Noue paintings, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.