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 <<le Harlem du Sud>>. 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 <<Dieu vit en elles.>>
"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
