Name/Title
Posing Movie StarEntry/Object ID
2017.3.7Description
Dial portrays a nude female figure with pink hair surrounded by a warm haze of red and brown ambiance. Dial was raised by women and as such reveres them as strong, powerful and nurturing. He began drawing women in response to a journalist's criticism of his first exhibited artworks. In the critique, Dial was accused of lacking talent, his art labeled "crude." He thus chose to paint women as generalized, sexualized figures that speak poetically through the use of allusion, affect, and ambiguity - portraying and appreciating women as figures of seduction and refuge.Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Watercolor Paint, pencilCollection
Southern Vernacular Art CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2017.3Source or Donor
Hill, Lou and CalynneAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Dial, Thornton Sr.Role
ArtistDate made
1990Dimensions
Height
30-3/8 inWidth
22-3/8 inInterpretative 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.Created By
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January 25, 2017