United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026Dial, Thornton2001Painting on paper by Thornton Dial.Dial is a prolific self-taught artist who creates works of unique formal and symbolic complexity. Dial has spent his life in and around the city of Bessemer, Alabama. He began making art after retiring from his job building railroad boxcars at the local Pullman-Standard factory. Dial is one of few contemporary folk artists whose choices of media and subject matter continue to expand and evolve. Of his own work, he has stated "Art ain't about paint. It ain't about canvas. It's about ideas. Too many people died without ever getting their mind out of the world. I have found how to get my ideas out and I won't stop. I got ten thousand left."Gift of Louisa Kreisberg to the Tubman African American Museum.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Drawing--United StatesFolk art--United StatesAfrican American folk art--United StatesDrawing--AlabamaFolk art--AlabamaAfrican American folk art--AlabamaHuman figure in artTigerFlowers in artWomen in artKreisberg, Louisa--Art collectionsDrawing, AmericanUntitledStillImage