Fishing For Love

Art

Gadsden Arts Center & Museum

Name/Title

Fishing For Love

Entry/Object ID

2009.1.4

Description

Fishing for Love is an image Dial has reworked in several of his drawings on paper. In this version, a large pink fish hangs upside-down while flanked by women on either side. One woman, with long brown hair, touches the fish’‚s face, which also holds another woman’‚s face. In the upper left corner, another female watches the scene.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, Watercolor Paint

Collection

Southern Vernacular Art Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.1

Source or Donor

Lou and Calynne Hill

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Dial, Thornton Sr.

Role

Artist

Date made

1990

Dimensions

Height

30 in

Width

22-1/2 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Thornton Dial, Sr. (1928-2016) Thornton Dial, Sr. is the most famous vernacular artist from the Southeast, whose work has shattered the art world's notion of "folk" and "outsider" art. Although Dial has never had any education or art training and is from a rural town in Alabama, his work touches on themes of racial inequality, struggles in a modern world, and relationships between men and women, themes that resonate with audiences around the world.

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Create Date

October 1, 2009