Purvis Young: Drawings Featured Publisher: The Juan Carlos Maldonado

Publisher: The Juan Carlos Maldonado Art Collection

illustrations

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sculptural forms based on the scale of his body

Committed to sharing social realities through fantastic

Purvis Young: Drawings Featured Publisher: The Juan Carlos MaldonadoThrough his body of work, Purvis Young (b. 1943, Miami; d. 2010, Miami) built an expressive record and a political commentary on life in the Miami neighborhood of Overtown. Realized on found and often distressed supports, Youngs works are populated by a recurring set of motifs that includes angels and ancestors, refugees and prisoners, pregnant women and protestors, soldiers, and workersall drawn from his immediate environment and from the aspirations