Thornton Dial, Sr. made great art by putting together materials others throw away. These “found materials” – rope, house paint, wire, oven racks, construction compound, and more – had symbolic meanings taken from their lives as useful objects, and became materials for Dial’s art. Called “assemblages,” these paintings with objects and materials attached were created to express Dial’s thoughts and feelings about social issues like homelessness, inequality in society, and war. Like the title of a PBS Documentary about this self-taught
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