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 –)
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Souls Grown Deep (Atlanta, Sjedinjene Američke Države)
Istražite Souls Grown Deep: proslavu crne umjetnosti američkog Juga! Otkrijte quilts iz Gee's Bend, assemblage umjetnost i inspirativne priče umjetnika poput Thornton Diala i Lonnieja Holleya.
O ovom umjetničkom djelu
- Naslov: Strange Fruit: Alabama Grapes
- Umjetnik: Thornton Dial, Jr.
- Godina: 2003
- Dimenzije originala: 185.0 x 210.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Status autorskih prava: Zaštićeno autorskim pravima
- Lokacija djela: Souls Grown Deep
- Pokret: Contemporary Art
- Razdoblje: Contemporary
- Ključne riječi: purple leaves, assemblage art, crimson background
Brzi pregled
- 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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