02631nam 2200541Ia 450 991079198800332120230725021438.0979-88-908428-6-20-8078-8267-4(CKB)2560000000079297(EBL)834229(OCoLC)772844955(SSID)ssj0000593753(PQKBManifestationID)11357949(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000593753(PQKBWorkID)10547399(PQKB)10914431(Au-PeEL)EBL834229(CaPaEBR)ebr10524361(CaONFJC)MIL4001753(MiAaPQ)EBC834229(EXLCZ)99256000000007929720110725d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThornton Dial[electronic resource] thoughts on paper /edited by Bernard L. Herman ; foreword by Emily KassChapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina Press In association with the Ackland Art Museum20111 online resource (220 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-3529-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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;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 contributorsArt, American20th centuryArt, American741.973Dial Thornton1497945Herman Bernard L.1951-1497946MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791988003321Thornton Dial3723259UNINA