No question, much of Mr. Dial's paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints carry you into a darker place — «from reflections on
race and class struggle in America to haunting meditations on events of contemporary
global concern» was the rather sanitized view of the High Museum, when it mounted «Hard Truths,» the traveling Dial retrospective,
organized by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2011.
Recent highlights include Building Bridges, a group show of 26 artists
organized around the theme of creating a peaceful
global community that transcends borders, religions, sexual identity,
race and gender.