Willie Birch leads tour of HARD TRUTHS: THE ART OF THORNTON DIAL at NOMA Friday, April 20, 2012

Join artist Willie Birch at the New Orleans Museum of Art for a tour of HARD TRUTHS: THE ART OF THORNTON DIAL, Friday, April 20, 5pm to 9pm.

About Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial
Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial highlights the artist’s significant contribution to the field of American art and shows how Dial’s work speaks to the most pressing issues of our time-including the war in Iraq, 9/11, and social issues like racism and homelessness. The exhibition presents over 40 of Dial’s large-scale paintings, drawings and found-object sculptures. Spanning twenty years of his work as an artist, it is the most extensive showing of his art ever mounted and is organized by the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
(source: New Orleans Museum of Art)