Organized by Thomas McEvilley, guest curator; presented in conjunction with the Museum of American Folk Art; coordinated for presentation at The New Museum by France Morin

"As [he] continues his artistic journey, following his own agenda, it will be increasingly difficult to classify him simply as 'folk,' or 'naive,' or 'outside,' and thus Dial will forcefully challenge the hierarchical language that we bring to the discussion of various genres of art. A quiet revolution may indeed be in process, a revolution that may very well effect a reexamination and reconsideration of the centrality of the 'outsider' experience to mainstream art experience, namely the black experience to that of the American experience."

-Lowery Stokes Sims, exhibition brochure.