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Willie Birch: Stories to Tell

Edited by Russell Lord, Contributions by Grace Deveney, Contributions by Leslie King Hammond, Contributions by Lowery Stokes Sims

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A career retrospective of a singular voice in contemporary American art, featuring six decades of artwork that chronicles his vision of the Black American experience Â New Orleansâ€“based artist, community organizer, and cultural provocateur Willie Birch (b. 1942) has dedicated his career to storytelling. His incisive work across a wide variety of mediaâ€”including paintings, large-scale drawings, wood and papier-mÃ¢chÃ© sculpture, and public worksâ€”explores his unique vision of Black America and draws on sources as diverse as Egyptian numerology, American folk art, and jazz music. Â This book showcases more than one hundred of Birchâ€™s artworks alongside essays by eminent scholars and curators. Russell Lord provides an introduction to the artistâ€™s life and work; Lowery Stokes Sims writes about Birchâ€™s use of papier-mÃ¢chÃ©, for which he garnered acclaim during his time in New York City, and situates Birch within the New York art scene of the 1980s and â€™90s; Grace Deveney considers the ways Birch gives visual form to the complex relationship between Black Americans and mass media; and Leslie King Hammond discusses how the city of New Orleansâ€”its history and its communitiesâ€”has shaped Birchâ€™s work. Â Published in association with the American Federation of Arts Â Exhibition Schedule: Â California African American Museum, Los Angeles May 5â€“October 4, 2026 Â New Orleans Museum of Art March 20â€“September 5, 2027 Â Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, University of North Florida October 28, 2027â€“May 14, 2028 Â Hudson River Museum September 22, 2028â€“January 14, 2029