Noah Purifoy
Subtitle: Junk Dada
By: organized by Franklin Sirmans with Yael Lipschutz ; with essays by Yael Lipschutz, Kristine McKenna, Lowery Stokes Sims ; additional contributions by Dale Brockman Davis, Allison Glenn, Judson Powell, Ed Ruscha, Franklin Sirmans, Sue A. Welsh, C. Ian White ; and special photography by Fredrik Nilsen
Contributors: Purifoy, Noah, 1917-2004; Purifoy, Noah, 1917-2004, artist, interviewee; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9783791354347
Subjects: Assemblage (Art); Interviews; Exhibitions
Other titles: Junk Dada
Description: Noah Purifoy made art in order to enact social change. Created mostly from found objects, his neo-Dadaist sculpture both embodies and reflects the environment in which it was created - whether the burnt ruins of the 1966 Watts Riots or the unforgiving climate of the Mojave Desert. This book follows Purifoy's remarkable life and career, during which he transitioned from high-end furniture designer to assemblage artist, social worker, arts administrator and finally creator of a desert art museum. Illustrated throughout with works from every stage of Purifoy's career, this volume also includes essays by acclaimed curators, critics, journalists and fellow artists - all champions of this profoundly thoughtful sculptor whose work has been under recognized for far too long. Published in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.0Exhibition: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA (7.6.-27.9.2015).
Notes: Published in conjunction with the exhibition Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, June 7-September 27, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Place. Joshua tree outdoor museum, part 1 / images by Fredrik Nilsen ; A NeoHooDoo western : Noah Purifoy, spirit flash, art, and the desert / Yael Lipschutz ; Noah Purifoy : a place to go / Lowery Stokes Sims; title: Time. Chronology / Allison Glenn ; Noah's arc : Noah Purifoy and the other Los Angeles / Kristine McKenna; title: On Noah Purifoy / Ed Ruscha, Sue A. Welsh, Dale Brockman Davis, Judson Powell, C. Ian White ; Joshua tree outdoor museum, part 2 / images by Fredrik Nilsen.