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Purvis Young

Title: Purvis Young / contributing writers, Rashid Johnson, Gean Moreno, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Franklin Sirmans, César Trasobares, Barbara N. Young ; editor, Juan Valadez ; research & writing, Laura Randall.
Author: Young, Purvis, 1943-2010
Publication: Miami, FL : Rubell Museum, [2018]

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Description

363 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color portraits; 29 cm

Summary

This publication, the first comprehensive monograph on the paintings of Purvis Young (1943-2010), collects 254 works by the Miami-born African American artist known for his lyrical depictions of current and historical events. A self-educated artist who began drawing while incarcerated as a teenager, Young became widely known in Florida in the early 1970s with his large-scale murals consisting of paintings on scrap wood, metal and book pages, which he nailed to the walls of abandoned buildings in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami's downtown. Surveying paintings from throughout his career, the book is thematically arranged in 14 chapters illustrating various stages of life and concerns present in Young's work. The book also includes an interview with Young conducted by Hans Ulrich Obrist in 2005, along with essays by Rashid Johnson, Gean Moreno, Franklin Sirmans, César Trasobares and Barbara N. Young.

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

"First published on the occasion of the exhibition Purvis Young, organized by the Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation, December 5th 2018 - June 29th, 2019"--Title page verso.

Language (note)

Text in English.

Contents

Introduction / Mera Rubell -- Introduction / Juan Valadez -- Purvis Young: Me and My People / César Trasobares -- Put All This Down / Barbara N. Young -- Interview with Purvis Young / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Inside Man / Rashid Johnson -- Purvis Young / Franklin Sirmans -- Wringing the Glyph / Gean Moreno -- Artwork Plates / [entries: Laura Randall & Juan Valadez].

Call Number

Sc F 19-308

ISBN

0991177053
9780991177059

LCCN

2018958230

OCLC

1089013218

Author

Young, Purvis, 1943-2010, artist.

Title

Purvis Young / contributing writers, Rashid Johnson, Gean Moreno, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Franklin Sirmans, César Trasobares, Barbara N. Young ; editor, Juan Valadez ; research & writing, Laura Randall.

Publisher

Miami, FL : Rubell Museum, [2018]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Event

"Purvis Young" : December 5, 2018-June 29, 2019, Rubell Family Collection/Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, Florida, United States.

Language

Text in English.

Local Subject

Black author.

Place of Publication

United States Florida Miami.

Added Author

Roselione-Valadez, Juan, editor, contributor.

Obrist, Hans Ulrich, interviewer.

Johnson, Rashid, 1977- author.

Moreno, Gean, 1972- author.

Sirmans, Franklin, author.

Trasobares, César, author.

Young, Barbara N., author.

Randall, Laura (Writer on art), contributor.

Rubell Family Collection, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc F 19-308

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