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Art

Gadsden Arts Center & Museum

Purvis Young

Name/Title

untitled

Entry/Object ID

2009.1.9

Description

Purvis Young created this collage using several old office file folders and envelopes that he cut and stapled to a board and then painted. Three large faces and various smaller figures float throughout the composition. Young applied a thick varnish to the surface of the collage that is not uniform and adds additional texture to the work. The Gadsden Arts Center exhibited this work in the exhibition, Vernacular Art from the Hill Collection, August 28 - October 25, 2009.

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, Collage, paint

Collection

Southern Vernacular Art Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.1

Source or Donor

Lou and Calynne Hill

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Young, Purvis

Role

Artist

Date made

n.d.

Dimensions

Height

43-1/2 in

Width

24 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Purvis Young (1943-2010) Purvis Young is a self-taught artist from Overtown Miami, Florida, who, having researched art history extensively says he is influenced by Van Gogh, Picasso, and Rembrandt. Young's vibrant paintings often show the streets of Overtown with "graffiti-like repetitive images" of traffic crowds and hovering angels. His angels represent hope, he uses wild horses to represent freedom, and eyes to represent "the system". His style is naïve, expressionistic and symbolic.

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Create Date

July 8, 2009