Roger has moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he said he hoped to set up a temporary gallery. "The art community is looking for direction," he said. "We are not going to be defeated." Roger and many artists say Katrina will inevitably change the nature of the art that will be made in the future.
"The imagery has to change; it's inevitable," Birch said. "I was always inte-rested in the street life, the poor and what is at the root of that lifestyle. Now my concern is that New Orleans will become a middle-class city."
"The whole landscape of American art is in the process of upheaval," he added. "Between 9/11 and Katrina, I am seeing artists dealing with history. When I was at school we were concerned primarily with form. Now that's all changed."
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