“These works offer greater perspectives of the American South, and enrich specific collection areas with work that carry deep connections to Alabama,” said Graham C. Boettcher, the R. Hugh Daniel director of the bhammuseum.
In a press release announcing the acquisitions, Dr. Graham C. Boettcher, the R. Hugh Daniel Director of the Birmingham Museum of Art, said the museum is committed to strengtheningby offering visitors more “complete and expansive” stories of the human experience, particularly relating to life in the South.
Richard Dial fuses his knowledge of industrial techniques and contemporary sculpture to create his work.“Dial’s portrait of Berry resonates with numerous works in the Museum’s collection inspired by music including Jack Whitten’s ‘Black Table Setting ’, Bob Thompson’s ‘Ornette’, Radcliffe Bailey’s ‘Black and Tan,’ and Rico Gatson’s ‘Untitled ,’ and the ‘Jazz Bowl’ designed by Viktor Schreckengost,” said the BMA.
“Bey forces the audience to consider the enormous loss of potential that each of these children represented,” the BMA said in the announcement. “The complete set of 16 photographs and a video bolsters the Museum’s collection of art focused on the Civil Rights era and adds to a burgeoning collection of American photography.”"walk, in the direction you goin' in, " Debra Riffe, 2008
" ‘Walk, in the direction you goin’ in includes themes of labor, Black life, as well as joy and survival. The black and white block prints are inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s Migration series , and depict people migrating from Mississippi to Birmingham, Alabama,” the BMA said in the announcement.an exhibition of contemporary art in which artists examine the many meanings of ‘light’ and ‘play’ through medium, expression, meaning, and form.
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