{"product_id":"willie-birch-russell-lord-9780300286854","title":"Willie Birch: Stories to Tell","description":"\u003cb\u003eA career retrospective of a singular voice in contemporary American art, featuring six decades of artwork that chronicle his vision of the Black American experience\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e New 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\u003e This 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\u003e Published 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\u003e (May 5-October 4, 2026) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Orleans Museum of Art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (March 20-September 5, 2027) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuseum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, University of North Florida\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (October 28, 2027-May 14, 2028)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Lord\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300286856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300286854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Russell Lord","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965706551551,"sku":"9780300286854","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_218d919c-9eb7-402a-9523-16eaa0a0e63f.jpg?v=1767284249","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/willie-birch-russell-lord-9780300286854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}