“..A self-taught artist, Dial began constructing sculpture and assemblage with found scrap materials and objects from his job as a metalworker... ” ...

Thornton Dial was a pioneering African-American artist best known for his large-scale assemblage paintings. He melded complex themes like Civil Rights history, archaeology, and construction, through ...

Thornton Dial, Jr. is a contemporary African-American painter, sculptor, and assemblage artist living and working in Bessemer, Alabama. He is the eldest son of prolific modern artist, Thornton Dial Sr ...

ArtsRevive has two events ongoing for the Roots and Wings Art Show and the Thornton Dial Exhibition. The Roots and Wings Art ...