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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791988003321

Autore

Dial Thornton

Titolo

Thornton Dial [[electronic resource] ] : thoughts on paper / / edited by Bernard L. Herman ; foreword by Emily Kass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, : In association with the Ackland Art Museum, 2011

ISBN

979-88-908428-6-2

0-8078-8267-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HermanBernard L. <1951->

Disciplina

741.973

Soggetti

Art, American - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Thornton Dial, Thoughts on Paper; Expressionist Dial: Or, Thinking around Canonicity; Every Drawing That I Do, I Think about the Lord: Thornton Dial's Journey of Faith; We All Grew Up in That Life: Thornton Dial's Sexual Politics on Paper; Thornton Dial's Continuing Creative Practice: Drawings and Related Works, 1991-2011; Contributors; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Thornton Dial (b. 1928), one of the most important artists in the American South, came to prominence in the late 1980's and was celebrated internationally for his large construction pieces and mixed-media paintings. It was only later, in response to a reviewer's negative comment on his artistic ability, that he began to work on paper. And it was not until recently that these drawings have received the acclaim they deserve. This volume, edited by Bernard L. Herman, offers the first sustained critical attention to Dial's works on paper. Concentrating on Dial's early drawings, the contributors