Domino Players
Domino Players
Artist
Willie Birch
(born 1942)
Date2008
MediumAcrylic and charcoal on paper
Dimensions80 × 60 in. (203.2 × 152.4 cm)
Framed: 85 3/4 × 65 7/8 × 2 1/4 in.
Framed: 85 3/4 × 65 7/8 × 2 1/4 in.
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2016.24
Accession number
2016.24
On View
Not on viewLabel TextGathered around a folding table set up outside, three men play a game of dominoes. Viewed from two slightly different angles, the stacked images provide a snapshot of the scene, depicted only moments apart. Focused on his neighborhood, Willie Birch often creates massive black-and-white works that showcase daily life in the Seventh Ward of New Orleans. Often basing his mixed media works on quick photographs taken while walking around in his community, the large scale and distinctive style feel simultaneously grand and casual, highlighting the extraordinary in the everyday.
Reunidos en torno a una mesa plegable montada al aire libre, tres hombres juegan al dominó. Vistas desde ángulos ligeramente distintos, las imágenes, dispuestas una encima de la otra, proporcionan una instantánea de la escena, con apenas momentos de diferencia. Centrado en su barrio, Willie Birch solía crear inmensas obras en blanco y negro que mostraban la vida cotidiana en el 7° distrito de Nueva Orleans. La gran escala y el estilo distintivo de sus obras de técnica mixta, a menudo basadas en rápidas fotografías tomadas mientras caminaba por su comunidad, dan una sensación simultánea de grandeza e informalidad, poniendo de relieve el aspecto extraordinario de lo cotidiano.
