Willie Birch, Chronicling Our Lives: 1987-2021 to Open at Fort Gansevoort New York

 

 

 

Willie Birch ~ Johnny Makes the Nightly News, 1988. Pencil graphite and gouache on paper with acrylic painted papier-mâché frame. 32.5 x 46.5 x 1.75 in. WB049

Fort Gansevoort Gallery will open its doors to Chronicling Our Lives: 1987-2021, a solo exhibition of works by Louisiana-based artist Willie Birch. Opening Thursday, March 3, 2022, the presentation features large paintings on paper and painted papier-mâché sculptures created between 1987 and 1996, complemented by a new monumental, mural-like work executed in black and white. Together, the thirty works on view reflect Birch’s perspective on the beauty and complexities of the human experience.

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