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The Resource Purvis Young, [editor: Juan Valadez ; interview, Hans Ulrich Obrist ; essays, Rashid Johnson, Gean Moreno, Franklin Sirmans, César Trasobares, Barbara Young]

Purvis Young, [editor: Juan Valadez ; interview, Hans Ulrich Obrist ; essays, Rashid Johnson, Gean Moreno, Franklin Sirmans, César Trasobares, Barbara Young]

Label
Purvis Young
Title
Purvis Young
Statement of responsibility
[editor: Juan Valadez ; interview, Hans Ulrich Obrist ; essays, Rashid Johnson, Gean Moreno, Franklin Sirmans, César Trasobares, Barbara Young]
Creator
Contributor
Artist
Author
Contributor
Editor
Host institution
Interviewee
Interviewer
Issuing body
Organizer
Publisher
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
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
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
YDX
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1943-2010
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Young, Purvis
Dewey number
759.13
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • photographs
Index
no index present
LC call number
ND237.Y65
LC item number
A4 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1977-
  • 1972-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Obrist, Hans Ulrich
  • Johnson, Rashid
  • Moreno, Gean
  • Sirmans, Franklin
  • Trasobares, César
  • Roselione-Valadez, Juan
  • Young, Barbara N.
  • Randall, Laura
  • Rubell Family Collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Young, Purvis
  • Young, Purvis
  • Young, Purvis
  • Young, Purvis
  • African American artists
  • African American painting
  • Outsider art
  • Street art
  • African American mural painting and decoration
  • African Americans in art
  • African Americans
  • Male artists
Target audience
specialized
Label
Purvis Young, [editor: Juan Valadez ; interview, Hans Ulrich Obrist ; essays, Rashid Johnson, Gean Moreno, Franklin Sirmans, César Trasobares, Barbara Young]
Instantiates
Publication
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
Bar code
31223131754542
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • 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]
  • Introduction
  • Mera Rubell
  • Introduction
  • Juan Valadez
  • Purvis Young: Me and My People
  • César Trasobares
  • Put All This Down
  • Barbara N. Young
Dimensions
29 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
363 pages
Isbn
9780991177059
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, portraits, photographs
System control number
(OCoLC)1089013218
Label
Purvis Young, [editor: Juan Valadez ; interview, Hans Ulrich Obrist ; essays, Rashid Johnson, Gean Moreno, Franklin Sirmans, César Trasobares, Barbara Young]
Publication
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
Bar code
31223131754542
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • 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]
  • Introduction
  • Mera Rubell
  • Introduction
  • Juan Valadez
  • Purvis Young: Me and My People
  • César Trasobares
  • Put All This Down
  • Barbara N. Young
Dimensions
29 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
363 pages
Isbn
9780991177059
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, portraits, photographs
System control number
(OCoLC)1089013218

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