{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"4587"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"Copyright for this work is under review."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Ron and June Shelp"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1992"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2012    18    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2012.18.1"},"edition":{"label":"Photo Credit","value":"Adam Reich"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on plywood"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Bessemer"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/25942/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"25942"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Looking Out to See Drugs Peddled"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Bessemer"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Thornton Dial is now highly acclaimed as one of the great artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, but his first creative acts were made in secret, and he destroyed the results lest it was thought he was engaging in something that was forbidden. As outsiders became aware of his makings, Dial came to understand that what he was compelled to do was \"art.\" He had worked at a variety of occupations throughout his adult life; for thirty years he was a machinist at the Pullman Boxcar Company in Bessemer, Alabama. Drawing deeply upon a wellspring of personal experiences, the artist is also profoundly aware of wider social and political issues, especially as they have formed and continue to affect the African American experience. At the beginning of his expressive life Dial innovated the metaphor of the tiger and has used this malleable symbol to probe such large themes. The titles of his works offer insights into the narratives that are usually played across large expanses, often encrusted with emotionally laden materials excavated from his environment. Earlier works relied more heavily on strong dynamic and gestural brushwork to evoke the emotions that run so deep in Dial's oeuvre.","Object information is a work in progress andmay be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and theAmerican Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Paintings"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Bessemer"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"155150"},"geographyState":{"value":"Alabama"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"1136","content":"Thornton Dial Sr."}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Paintings"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Thornton Dial is now highly acclaimed as one of the great artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, but his first creative acts were made in secret, and he destroyed the results lest it was thought he was engaging in something that was forbidden. As outsiders became aware of his makings, Dial came to understand that what he was compelled to do was \"art.\" He had worked at a variety of occupations throughout his adult life; for thirty years he was a machinist at the Pullman Boxcar Company in Bessemer, Alabama. Drawing deeply upon a wellspring of personal experiences, the artist is also profoundly aware of wider social and political issues, especially as they have formed and continue to affect the African American experience. At the beginning of his expressive life Dial innovated the metaphor of the tiger and has used this malleable symbol to probe such large themes. The titles of his works offer insights into the narratives that are usually played across large expanses, often encrusted with emotionally laden materials excavated from his environment. Earlier works relied more heavily on strong dynamic and gestural brushwork to evoke the emotions that run so deep in Dial's oeuvre.","Object information is a work in progress andmay be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and theAmerican Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1992"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1992"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - Sunday, September 22, 2013","exhibitionEndISODate":"2013-09-22","exhibitionID":"174","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2013-06-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"2013","exhibitionTitle":"Recent Gifts","exhibitionEndDate":"2013"}},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"48 × 48\""}}]}