Noah Purifoy

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artist
gptkb:sculptor
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1917-08-17
gptkbp:birthPlace Snow Hill, Alabama, United States
gptkbp:createdWorkFrom Watts Rebellion debris
gptkbp:deathDate 2004-03-05
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Joshua_Tree,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:Chouinard_Art_Institute
Alabama State Teachers College
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:exhibitedAt gptkb:Whitney_Museum_of_American_Art
gptkb:Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art
gptkb:California_African_American_Museum
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:sculpture
public art
installation art
gptkbp:founder Watts Towers Art Center
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Noah Purifoy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Hammons
gptkb:Betye_Saar
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Simon_Rodia
gptkbp:material found objects
junk
discarded materials
gptkbp:movement assemblage art
junk art
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Watts_Rebellion_(1965)
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Noah_Purifoy_Outdoor_Desert_Art_Museum
66 Signs of Neon
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:artist
gptkb:educator
gptkbp:residesIn gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkb:Joshua_Tree,_California
gptkbp:serves gptkb:California_Arts_Council
California Arts Commission
gptkbp:subjectOf Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada (catalogue)
Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada (documentary)
Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada (exhibition)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Joshua_Tree
gptkb:David_Hammons
gptkb:Soul_of_a_Nation:_Art_in_the_Age_of_Black_Power
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6