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In the same way, Mr. Dial's work as a whole transcends categorization.
Biography, History, Self-Evident Beauty Karen Wilkin 2011
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Mr. Dial's art is prized for its originality, its emotional impact and its acute commentary on the experience of an African-American from the South whose lifetime encompasses the brutal Jim Crow years and the burgeoning civil-rights movement.
Biography, History, Self-Evident Beauty Karen Wilkin 2011
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Mr. Dial's story has everything: politically resonant African-American content, the triumph of sheer talent over conventional ways of becoming an artist, and the proverbial happy ending.
Biography, History, Self-Evident Beauty Karen Wilkin 2011
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Reproductions —even carefully chosen, artfully framed details—only hint at the fascination exerted by the dense surfaces of Mr. Dial's most engaging creations.
Biography, History, Self-Evident Beauty Karen Wilkin 2011
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"Hard Truths" showcases Mr. Dial's work since 1991.
Biography, History, Self-Evident Beauty Karen Wilkin 2011
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Reflecting Mr. Dial's background, the exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which opened Thursday and runs through Sept. 18, is called "Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial."
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Whatever the works' lineage or motivations, whatever Mr. Dial's history, "Hard Truths" was an impressive survey of first-rate works by a major artist.
Museums Reveal Degas's Nudes and Islam's Splendor Karen Wilkin 2011
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Two decades of relief paintings, free-standing sculptures and drawings attested to Mr. Dial's power.
Museums Reveal Degas's Nudes and Islam's Splendor Karen Wilkin 2011
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A key element of Southern black art, rooted in Mr. Dial's large constructions, is called the "yard show"—making symbolic sculptures from objects found in people's yards.
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The intense physicality and raw power of Mr. Dial's enormous, confrontational collages and constructions, built from a staggering range of salvaged objects, resist description.
Biography, History, Self-Evident Beauty Karen Wilkin 2011
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