Noel Dobarganes

Chair

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...

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Donatella Violi was born in Ovada (AL), moved to Milan and subsequently to Reggio Emilia. As she was taking lessons at the Institute of Science, she was taking courses engraving pain...

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1,000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair. Ilya Bolotowsky (1907-1981) "1939 World’s Fair Mural Study for the Hall of Medical Sciences...

UNFRAMED Measurements: 80” W x 72” H Oil on canvas

UNFRAMED Measurements: 72” W x 80” H Oil on canvas

UNFRAMED Measurements: 80” W x 80” H Oil on canvas

UNFRAMED Measurements: 72” W x 72” H Oil on canvas

UNFRAMED Measurements: 72” W x 80” H Oil on canvas