Now 84-years-old, Dial’s most recent art will be juxtaposed with principal earlier pieces (1989-1994), allowing viewers insight into the evolution of his artistic vocabulary. This titanic exhibition also includes important works by Dial family artists and others from his artistic community, all of whom influenced his life and his art. Dial’s new work retains its characteristic dense configuration of materials – largely collected from the detritus of our culture and nature – while depicting a transformation to elegantly subdued palettes that reflect themes more open to interpretation. This generation of work transcends the narratives of his powerful earlier work and universalizes Dial’s voice, further cementing his place in art history.