Love Around the Jungle Cat

Thornton Dial

1993

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Large, sculptural installation piece comprised of a variety of found objects that references those individuals who marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Birmingham in 1963, in the form of two figures, one on each side made of miscellaneous metal parts and with tire torsos, in each "hand" hangs old clothing and shoes, a cross, from the "head" of one extends an American flag, in the center is a group of objects that refer to conflict during the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, including plastic dogs, boots, guns, a police baton, and chains attached to a metal grate, above this are two old Alabama license plates and a central BEWARE OF THE DOG sign, on the ground in front of the piece is a red fireman's hat and a black police helmet along with a recumbent plastic dog and pair of rubber boots with a machine gun inside.
Portfolio #12
Polychrome (black, red, yellow, green) in abstract form applied to center of paper
Two-sided painting, male portrait and figure riding horse.