Tag: Thornton Dial

• National Pink Day, Through Art

  

  So today is National Pink Day and everyone is busy sharing pictures of their best selves donning pink clothes and drinking frosé (I had no idea frozen rosé was a thing until last week).  But for me, the first thing I thought of was James Turrell’s Breathing Light which just wrapped its legendary 5 year…

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  June 23, 2017

  Art, art books, Art in Los Angeles, black history, Contemporary Art, Photography, Uncategorized

  alma thomas, James Turrell, maren hassinger, Mark Rothko, national pink day, Thornton Dial

• Artist a Day Challenge 2016-7: Thornton Dial

  Thornton Dial, “Stars of Everything”, 2004.  Photo credit:  Souls Grown Deep Today I’m highlighting an artist I wrote about for my second site TONDI. TONDI hosts digital exhibitions and explores broader social themes relating to contemporary art, music and design.  I recently wrote a piece about Thornton Dial that was a commentary on how arts writers categorized him as an artist, but for…

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  February 8, 2016

  Art, black history, Contemporary Art, Museums, Uncategorized

  assemblage, Black History Month, southern artists, Thornton Dial, Yard Art