|
Noah S. Purifoy (1917–2004) was an African American visual artist and sculptor, co-founder of the Watts Towers Art Center, and creator of the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum. He lived and worked most of his life in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, California. He is best known for his assemblage sculpture, including a body of work made from charred debris and wreckage collected after the Watts Riots of August 1965, and another :::"''I do not wish to be an artist. I only wish that art enables me to be.''" :::::::::::::::::- Noah Purifoy, 1963 〔(Noah Purifoy Foundation: About the artist ) . accessed 3.13.2015〕 ==Early life and education== Purifoy was born in Snow Hill, Alabama in 1917. During World War II, he served with the United States Navy, and as a veteran he was buried at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, Ohio. In 1953, he moved to Los Angeles to attend Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts). Purifoy was the first African American to enroll there as a full-time student and earned his BFA in 1956, just before his fortieth birthday. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Noah Purifoy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|