MARIAN AN HOMAGE / 48 years in time & space

+NEW ORLEANS+

>is where marian was born on september<

>twenty first in the autumn of year 1936<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+ / MARIAN OLSEN RAY)+

>growing up on panola st. in >carollton<

>moving to baton rouge in >late 1940s<

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+MARIAN & I MET IN 1950+

+IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN+

>(a burst of radiance)<

+I SAW HER ON THE BUS+

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>i tracked her down via telephone and<

>the aid of a friend who knew her as<

+(REDEMPTORIST HIGH+

+then ISTROUMA HIGH)+

>a fellow passenger on the b.r. bus<

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+PHOTOGRAPHY+

>was my fascination in the late 1940s<

>& marian became my favorite focus<

+(VOIGHTLANDER+

+VITEX CAMERA+)

>resulting in my very 1st publication<

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 >this is the very first photo of mine ever published<
+(NOLA,"TIMES PICAYUNE"+
+1951>EARNED ALL OF $5 !)+
>synchronistically i posed marian on the stairway<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+CAVAROC TOWNHOUSE)+
>of our old cavaroc new orleans townhouse now<
>owned by THNOC & >destined for exhibitions<
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>marian and i married in 1955 and five years<

>later i designed & built this glazed pavilion<

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+>>/ GLAZED PAVILION)+

>sansouci forest studio home for our family<

>comprising 2000 sq.ft w/>jungle radiance<

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 >synchronistically, marian's childhood friend on<
>panola st, eric bookhardt became my sigma chi<
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+SURREALISM IN NOLA)+
>fraternity brother @ tulane & later the leading<
>art authority on >nola architectural surrealism<
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 >my metaphysical graphic art collage oeuvre<
>values our family life as an essential element<
+(WHO ARE WE / WHERE FROM?+
+are ESSENTIAL LIFE FACTORS)+
>(marcel duchamp's life was vital in his work)<
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 >several of my archival binder books are<
>filled w/ collage photo graphics devoted<
+(LOUISIANA FOCUS (top) /+
+>CALIFORNIA (on bottom)+
>to marian and our shared family life in<
>louisiana & california >studio abodes<
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 >marian w/ our ray-degruy family photographed<
>on the lake  in old mandeville near the marigny<
+(GOOGLE :>>>> EUGENE RAY / +
+FRANCOIS VERLOIN DEGRUY)+
>plantation which is next to the old degruy sugar<
>plantation nearby of >francois verloin degruy<
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 >easter at the d.g. wills bookshop in lajolla<
>around the time we built the silver ship /<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+/ D.G. WILLS BOOKSHOP)+
>dennis wills opened this >outdoor< ca.<
>bookshop replacing >mithras-unicorn<
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>marian as hostess in the silver ship to mr<
>and mrs hideo terada the >distinguished<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ PROF. HIDEO TERADA)+
>parents from tokyo of star sdsu alumnus<
>chikako who married architect tom hart<
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 >marian as my radiant bride of 1955 in<
>our baton rouge apt where i built our<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ LEICA 3-F CAMERA)+
>living room & bedroom furniture w/<
>martin senour color pegboard doors<
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 >marian & bronwen as stars of one of my favorite<
>new orleans collage graphics expressing voudou<
+(METAPHYSICAL CREOLE / +
+NOLA COLLAGE GRAPHIC)+
>residual french west indies drum ceremony w/<
>a nola ruin mise-en-scene radiant & powerful<
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+DAVE FOBES KNEW MARIAN+
+MARIAN WOULD LOVE THE+
>(large scale collage with<
>radiant flower images)< !
+LATEST OF DAVE'S WORK+ !
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>marcel duchamp would love dave's<

+(HAS A HARD SIDE TOO)+ !

>latest large wallpaper collage work< !

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+FLOCK TO DAVE'S OPENING+

>(jan, 10th 2015, 5 to 9 pm)<

+"FRESH CUTTINGS">SAT @+

>(1955 julian ave., san diego<

>92113, >it is a "must see"&<

>an exellent $$$ investment)< !

+BREAD & SALT GALLERY+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu