December 2011
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“Respect: Thornton Dial and Gee’s Bend” at Russell...
Published in Time Out Chicago, November 23, 2011
Thornton Dial has worked in bricklaying, steelwork and at a cement plant in his hometown of Bessemer, Alabama. The 83-year-old artist’s assemblages—held together by industrial sealing compound and wire fencing—draw on his background in industrial manufacturing. What looks like a baseball pitcher in The Man That Can Play Any Game is surrounded...