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.: Artista de assemblage audaz que aborda questões sociais e políticas através de obras monumentais. Explorando raça, história e natureza – veja sua arte poderosa.
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Strange Fruit: Alabama Grapes
- Artista: Thornton Dial, Jr.
- Ano: 2003
- Dimensões originais: 185.0 x 210.0 cm
- Formato: Landscape
- Status dos direitos autorais: Protegido por direitos autorais
- Onde ver: Souls Grown Deep
- Movimento: Contemporary Art
- Período: Contemporary
- Palavras-chave: purple leaves, assemblage art, crimson background
Detalhes Rápidos
- 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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