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Purvis Young — Biography
| 1943 |
Born in Miami, FL |
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IS SELF-EDUCATED. HE HAS SUBSTITUTED FORMAL EDUCATION WITH INTENSIVE INDEPENDANT STUDY AND HAS A SOPHISTICATED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ART. HE APPLIES HIS POWERFUL IDEAS TO THE MEDIA OF PAINT TO CREATE A VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT EXPRESSES HIS PERSONAL CONCERNS AS IT CAPTURES A HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY, COUNTRY, AND WORLD THAT SURROUND HIM.
AFTER LEARNING OF THE "FREEDOM WALLS" CREATED BY ARTISTS IN DETROIT AND CHICAGO, YOUNG DECIDED IN 1972, TO CREATE HIS OWN PUBLIC MURAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHWEST THIRD AVENUE AND 14TH STREET IN OVERTOWN, MIAMI. COINED, "GOODBREAD ALLEY," THE INSTALLATION WAS VISIBLE FROM THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED INTERSTATE 95, WHICH HAD ALL BUT DISSECTED AND CONSEQUENTLY ISOLATED HIS COMMUNITY FROM THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
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