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Purvis Young, Blue Eyes, Warrior and Figures (c.1990) Paint and varnish on metal. Photo: Courtesy of Skot Foreman Fine Art. View Purvis Young’s celebrated works at Skot Foreman Fine Art .
Installation view of "Purvis Young: Redux" on view at Tampa Museum of Art. Photography by Paige Boscia. Young’s grandparents immigrated to Miami by boat from the Bahamas, settling in Overtown.
Purvis Young, the late Miami-based artist, will be part of a large presence of work by Black artists on display during Miami Art Week at Convention Center.
It has been said and often that Purvis Young is to Overtown what Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring were to Lower Manhattan. Young’s work draws deeply from the elements around him—in his ...
"I'm not an art curator, but I find that Purvis Young's artwork is the type of art that you have to see in person," he says. "It's so much more impactful that way." – Sergy Odiduro ...
In January 2019, Christie’s Auction House held its fourth annual auction of “Outsider and Vernacular Art.” A 1974 piece by Purvis Young called “Three Jazz Mans,” from Louis-Dreyfus’s ...
Purvis Young, who in the later years of his life rose from poverty and obscurity to become one of Miami's most well-known and respected artists, has died today at the age of 67 from cardiac arrest ...
Purvis Young, Folk Artist Who Peppered Miami With Images, Dies at 67. ... Ms. Anderson, of the Folk Art Museum, said. Mr. Young’s survivors include his longtime partner, Eddie Mae Lovest; ...
It has been said and often that Purvis Young is to Overtown what Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring were to Lower ...
Pan American Art Projects gallery is showing “Purvis Young: A Vision of Miami’s Cultural Identity,” an exhibition that pays tribute to the extraordinary legacy of Young.
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