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Using modest materials such as car carpet, wood, and wire, Dial constructs sweeping allegorical artworks like New Veteran’s Day, which recasts the honorific military holiday in the light of the reality of racism and mistreatment suffered by many Black veterans. Made when the artist was in his 70s and experiencing significant, if delayed, art-world attention, New Veteran’s Day is a powerful example of Dial’s large-scale formal abstraction charged with political content. Nearby, Dial’s colorful drawings of women at work and in contemplation explore the daily experiences of women in Alabama.
There are two lables on the verso, one from the Museum of Fine Arts
Houson, and one from the Souls Grown Deep foundation. If there is
an artist signature, it is not located in a conspicuous position.
