{"product_id":"willie-birch-stories-to-tell-hardcover","title":"Willie Birch: Stories to Tell - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRussell Lord\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGrace Deveney\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eLeslie King Hammond\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA career retrospective of a singular voice in contemporary American art, featuring six decades of artwork that chronicles his vision of the Black American experience\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew Orleans-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 media--including paintings, large-scale drawings, wood and papier-mâché sculpture, and public works--explores his unique vision of Black America and draws on sources as diverse as Egyptian numerology, American folk art, and jazz music. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book showcases more than one hundred of Birch's artworks alongside essays by eminent scholars and curators. Russell Lord provides an introduction to the artist's life and work; Lowery Stokes Sims writes about Birch's use of papier-mâché, 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 '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 Orleans--its history and its communities--has shaped Birch's work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in association with the American Federation of Arts \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalifornia African American Museum, Los Angeles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMay 5-October 4, 2026 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Orleans Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarch 20-September 5, 2027 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuseum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, University of North Florida\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctober 28, 2027-May 14, 2028 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHudson River Museum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 22, 2028-January 14, 2029\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell Lord\u003c\/b\u003e is chief of curatorial affairs at the Norman Rockwell Museum. \u003cb\u003eGrace Deveney\u003c\/b\u003e is the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Associate Curator of Photography and Media at the Art Institute of Chicago. \u003cb\u003eLeslie King Hammond\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita, former graduate dean, and founding director of the Center for Race and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art. \u003cb\u003eLowery Stokes Sims\u003c\/b\u003e is former executive director of the Studio Museum in Harlem and curator emerita at the Museum of Arts and Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 12.29 x 9.75 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48716796887289,"sku":"9780300286854","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NzElQGDUuw9780300286854.webp?v=1785075617","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/willie-birch-stories-to-tell-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}