Strange Fruit: Alabama Grapes
Assemblage- Contemporary Art
2003- Contemporary
185.0 x 210.0 cm
Souls Grown Deep
In a continued exploration of the still-life genre, Dial borrowed the stock image of grape clusters so ubiquitous in the fine-art tradition and recast them to portray a horrific chapter in African American history—the practice of lynching blacks in the South. Calling the series
Thornton Dial, Jr. (1952 –)
Thornton Dial Jr.: Modig assemblage-kunstner, der adresserer sociale og politiske emner gennem monumentale værker. Udforsker race, historie og natur – se hans kraftfulde kunst.
Souls Grown Deep (Atlanta, USA)
Udforsk Souls Grown Deep: En hyldest til sort kunst fra det amerikanske syd! Oplev Gee's Bend-quilte, assemblage-kunst og inspirerende historier fra kunstnere som Thornton Dial & Lonnie Holley.
Om dette kunstværk
- Titel: Strange Fruit: Alabama Grapes
- Kunstner: Thornton Dial, Jr.
- År: 2003
- Oprindelige mål: 185.0 x 210.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Ophavsretlig status: Beskyttet af ophavsret
- Udstillet hos: Souls Grown Deep
- Bevægelse: Contemporary Art
- Periode: Contemporary
- Nøgleord: purple leaves, assemblage art, crimson background
Hurtige fakta
- Year: 2003
- Title: Strange Fruit: Alabama Grapes
- Notable elements or techniques: Use of buttons to form grape clusters
- Subject or theme: Lynching in the American South
- Dimensions: 185 x 210 cm
- Artist: Thornton Dial, Jr.
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