Thornton Dial
Bio
On the eve of the Great Depression, Thornton Dial (1928 – 2016) was born into a sharecropping family in rural Alabama. During his life, Dial directly experienced the trauma and tumultuous times of the Jim Crow laws and the civil rights movement. Inspired by individuals like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dial created art to address and confront the blatant issues of racial oppression and inequity in the United States. His works are a powerful commentary on the world he lived in, and his visual style ranges from narrative storytelling to more allegorical works that use abstraction to poetically express his political and personal beliefs.
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Jim Walter Number Four, 2011, steel, metal banding, canvas, sticks, corrugated tin, wood and enamel on wood, 32 x 48 x 7 in.
Lady from Across the Street, 2012, sail cloth, burlap, cotton rags, denim, metal, and enamel on wood, 44 x 61 x 7 in.