Tree of Life (In the Image of Old Things), 1994

            Thornton Dial
Found wood, roots, rubber tyre, wire, fabric, plastic air freshener, enamel and industrial sealing compound

From the exhibition


Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South
(March - June 2023)

Discover the Black artists from the Southeastern United States who created some of the most spectacular and ingenious works of the last century.
For generations, Black artists from the American South have forged a unique art tradition. Working in near isolation from established practices, they have created masterpieces that articulate America’s painful past – the inhuman practice of enslavement, the cruel segregationist policies of the Jim Crow era, and institutionalised racism.
Drawing its title from the work of Langston Hughes, Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers brings together sculpture, paintings, reliefs, drawings, and quilts, most of which will be seen in the UK and Europe for the first time. It will also feature the celebrated quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend, Alabama and the neighbouring communities of Rehoboth and Alberta.
Made from the materials available locally – like clay, driftwood, roots, soil, recycled and cast-off objects – the 64 works range from the mid 20th century to today. Many respond to issues that are global in nature: from economic inequality, oppression and social marginalisation, to sexuality, the influence of place and ancestral memory.
Artists include Thornton Dial, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Joe Minter, Hawkins Bolden, Bessie Harvey, Charles Williams, Mary T. Smith, Purvis Young, Mose Tolliver, Nellie Mae Rowe, Mary Lee Bendolph, Marlene Bennett Jones, Martha Jane Pettway, Loretta Pettway, and Henry and Georgia Speller.
[*Royal Academy]


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Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers: Black Artists from the American South

Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers

Black Artists

American South

Southeastern United States

enslavement

segregationist

Jim Crow

institutionalised racism

Langston Hughes

sculpture

paintings

reliefs

drawings

quilts

quiltmakers

Gee’s Bend

Alabama

Rehoboth

Alberta

Thornton Dial

Lonnie Holley

Ronald Lockett

Joe Minter

Hawkins Bolden

Bessie Harvey

Charles Williams

Mary T. Smith

Purvis Young

Mose Tolliver

Nellie Mae Rowe

Mary Lee Bendolph

Marlene Bennett Jones

Martha Jane Pettway

Loretta Pettway

Henry and Georgia Speller

industrial sealing compound

Tree of Life (In the Image of Old Things)

Tree of Life

In the Image of Old Things

Found wood

fabric

wire

roots

enamel

plastic air freshener

rubber tyre « less

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