Purvis Young Galerie Enrico Navarra, Jade Contemporary Art

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Notes: French and English captions and introductions are side-by-side; This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition "Meet Purvis Young" à la Galerie 75 Faubourg, Paris, 1er avril - 22 mai 2022; This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition "Meet Purvis Young" a la Galerie 75 Faubourg, Paris, 1er avril - 22 mai 2022
Summary: "Cette monographie presente l'epopee artistique de Purvis Young, un peintre autodidacte au genie inextinguible. Ne en 1943 et mort en 2010, il laisse au monde une ¿"uvre phenomenale d'inventivite et d'humanite. Durant quarante annees, plus de dix hueres par jour, il a peint la vie, les souffrances et les luttes des habitants de son quartier d'Overtown a Miami, connu comme <>. Ses ¿"uvres ont ete acquises par les plus grands musees et collectionnees par de nombreuses personnalites parmi lesquelles Jane Fonda, saisie par ces peintures dont elle a dit que <>; "This monograph presents the artistic epic of Purvis Young, a self-taught painter of inextinguishable genius. Born in 1943 and died in 2010, he left to the world a phenomenal work of inventiveness and humanity. For forty years, more than ten hours a day, he depicted the life, the sufferings and the struggles of the residents of his Overtown neighborhood in Miami, known as "the Harlem of the South." His works have been acquired by the greatest museums and collected by many personalities including Jane Fonda, gripped by these paintings of which she said that "God lives in them."--Back cover

Data Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Date: 2022; 20th century

Call number: N40.1.Y7433 G3 2022

artist: Young, Purvis 1943-2010
author: Navarra, Doriano
Author: Galerie Enrico Navarra; Jade Contemporary Art; Galerie 75

Type: Exhibitions; Exhibition catalogs; Illustrated works

Physical description: 255 pages illustrations 28 cm

Place: Florida; Miami

Topic: African American artists; Outsider art; African American painting; African American mural painting and decoration; African Americans in art

Record ID: siris_sil_1158950

Usage: CC0