Thornton Dial, Sr.

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You meet the Spanish artist Alexandro Santana and you think, cripes, can he be for real? So handsome, so flamboyant, so seductive, so amusing -- you’re not sure whether it’s intentio...

In Thornton Dial's assemblage, masklike faces with staring eyes and open mouths emerge from a dense maze of layers streaked in red, white, blue, and black. Ropes painted brown snake over the surface, twisting into bodies that stretch from one side of the painting to the other. Additional objects have been attached to the surface—a paint-covered metal grill at the top and a wire rack on the right edge, for example—which accentuate the artwork's sculptural appearance. The resulting lattice of colors, forms, and objects gives the impression that, if the artwork's strata were excavated, much more could be discovered. In many respects, "excavation" is an appropriate way to approach Top of the Line (Steel).By layering paint and objects that Dial collects from around his home in Bessemer, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, the artist creates a series of evocative relationships. Dial encourages viewers to look closely at the artwork, excavating meaning from the interplay of forms and even from the title, which has several interpretations. For example, "top of the line" refers both to a position in an assembly line...

Limited editions layered paper and etching composition of an abstracted urban landscape, with fractured yellow and green color fields, by Julia Pitcher (American, b. 1942). Numbered ...

"Magma". Abstract Impressionist Orange Large format . Acrylic paint, mixed media on canvas. 2015 Dimensions in cm.: 160 x 180 x 4 cm. In inches: 62.99" x 70.87" x 1.57" In this painting, the plane, the color and the material become the protagonists. Its geological, stony and magmatic appearance invites contemplation. The viewer is immersed in that heat, in that fire, in that light from the depths of the earth and in his own reflections. ABOUT THE ARTIST Juan Pita...