Eve and Adam Still Looking for Christmas

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Thornton Dial

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin / Pitkin Studio
2004
Twine, soda can, tin, cloth, belt, rope, carpet, neckties, grater,carpet, oil, enamel, spray paint, and Splash Zone compound on canvas on wood
86 x 120.5 x 4 inches

Collection of:

  • Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description: 

Dial objectifies common symbols with uncommon fluidity. Like many American artists, he is fond of the Stars and Stripes.

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Dial objectifies common symbols with uncommon fluidity. Like many American artists, he is fond of the Stars and Stripes. He adopts the fag in multivalent fashion; in a work such as Eve and Adam Still Looking for Christmas, the patriotic colors embody Christmas trees. The iconography here, contrasting a whiff of capitalist corruption with the sacred model of original innocence, could hardly be more sophisticated. Its twisting, writhing composition, combining rich decorativeness with a dark, even bleak, surround, is compelling at first glance. His titling both elucidates and obfuscates the artist’s intent.

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