Noah Purifoy

**Noah S. Purifoy** (August 17, 1917 - Maachị 5, 2004) bụ onye na-ese ihe na - ahụ anya na onye ọkpụ akpụ, onye na-arụkọ ọrụ nke Watts Towers Art Center, na onye okike nke Noa Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum.  Ọ dịrị ndụ ma rụọ ọrụ ọtụtụ oge ndụ ya na Los Angeles na Joshua Tree, California.

Purifoy bụ onye America izizi debanye aha na Chouinard Art Institute dị ka nwa akwụkwọ oge niile wee nweta BFA ya na 1956, obere oge tupu ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya nke iri anọ. A maara ya nke ọma maka ihe ọkpụkpụ ya na-agbakọta, gụnyere otu ọrụ emere site na irighiri mkpọ ọkụ na mkpọmkpọ ebe anakọtara mgbe Watts Riots nke August 1965 gasịrị " *Achọghị m ịbụ onye na-ese ihe. Naanị ihe m chọrọ bụ na nkà na-eme ka m nwee ike ịbụ.* " -Noah Purifoy, 1963 

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Purifoy na 1917 na Snow Hill, Alabama, dịka otu n'ime ụmụnne iri na atọ.  Noa biri ma rụọ ọrụ ọtụtụ n'ime ndụ ya na Los Angeles na Joshua Tree, California, ebe ọ nwụrụ na 2004. N'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, o jere ozi na ndị agha mmiri United States dị ka Seabee,  na dị ka onye agha agha e liri ya na Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery na Rittman, Ohio .

Purifoy nwetara akara ugo mmụta dị ala na Alabama State Teachers College (ugbu a Alabama State University) na 1943 yana nzere gụsịrị akwụkwọ na nchịkwa ọrụ mmekọrịta site na Mahadum Atlanta (nke bụ Mahadum Atlanta ugbu a) na 1948. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Noa weere ọnọdụ dị ka onye ọrụ na-elekọta mmadụ na Cleveland na 1950 ọ kwagara Los Angeles na-arụ ọrụ na Ụlọ Ọgwụ County.  Na 1953, Purifoy debanyere aha ịga Chouinard Art Institute (ugbu a CalArts ). Purifoy bụ onye America izizi debanyere aha ebe ahụ dị ka nwa akwụkwọ oge niile wee nweta BFA ya na 1956, obere oge tupu ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya nke iri anọ. 

## ''Ihe ịrịba ama 66 nke Neon''
N'ime ọnwa mgbe ọgba aghara Watts Riots nke August 1965 gasịrị, Purifoy na onye na-ese ihe Judson Powell haziri ihe ngosi *66 Ihe ịrịba ama nke Neon*, nke gụnyere ihe dị ka ọrụ nkà 50 nke sitere na ihe ndị a zọpụtara dị ka ụzọ iji "kọwapụta ihe omume August." Ihe ngosi a malitere na Markham Junior High School (April 3–9, 1966) site n'ọrụ ndị nka isii wee mee njem gaa mahadum steeti itoolu na California, mechaa gaa ebe egwuregwu ndị ọzọ na United States niile.  Ruo afọ 20 mgbe ọgba aghara ahụ gasịrị, Purifoy raara onwe ya nye ihe a chọtara, na iji nkà eme ihe dị ka ngwá ọrụ maka mgbanwe mmekọrịta ọha na eze. 

## Noa Purifoy N'èzí Desert Art Museum
thumb| Noa Purifoy N'èzí Art Museum na Joshua Tree, California
Na 1989, Purifoy kwagara enyi ya ụgbọala na-adọkpụ na Mojave Desert, na n'ime afọ iri na ise ikpeazụ nke ndụ ya wuru ihe bụ ugbu a Noa Purifoy Outdoor Sculpture Museum.  Ọ dị na 10 acres (4.0 ha) nke mepere emepe n'akụkụ obodo Joshua Tree, California, ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nwere ihe karịrị otu narị ọrụ nka, gụnyere nnukwu mgbakọ, ihe ọkpụkpụ gburugburu, na nka nrụnye nke onye na-ese ihe kere n'etiti 1989 na 2004.  Mgbe a na-eme ka ogige mgbanaka nwere taya, ihe ndozi ụlọ ịsa ahụ, TV, uwe mwụda, ihe ụmụaka ji egwuri egwu na ihe nhicha, ibe ọ bụla nwere akụkọ ọ ga-akọ. Otu ibe nwere isi iyi mmiri akpọrọ "White" na ụlọ mposi akpọrọ "Acha".  Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka bụ nke ọha na eze na-echekwa ma na-echekwa ya site na Noah Purifoy Foundation, nke hiwere na 1998. 

## Ọrụ na ihe ngosi
A haziri nlegharị anya abụọ nke ọrụ Purifoy. Na 1997, California African American Museum dị na Exposition Park gbagoro nke mbụ.  Na 2015, LACMA na-agbanyeghachi azụ azụ, na-ebugharị ọtụtụ ọrụ ya na ụlọ ngosi ihe ngosi dị n'èzí: *Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada* . 

Agụnyere ọrụ Purifoy na ihe ngosi otu seminal gụnyere *Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents in LA Painting and Sculpture*, 1950-1970 (October 2011 - February 2012), Getty Center, Los Angeles,  gara Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (March – Jun 2012); *Ugbu a gwuo ihe a!* *Art na Black Los Angeles 1960-1980* (October 2011 - Jenụarị 2012), Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, gara MOMA PS1, New York, New York (October 2012 – Maachị 2013); *Mkpụrụ obi nke Mba: Art na Age of Black Power*, Tate Modern, London (July - October 2017); na *Outliers na American Vanguard Art* (January - Mee 2018), National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

## Hụkwa

* American installation artists
* African-American artists
* Readymades of Marcel Duchamp

## Ntụaka
elekọta mmadụ na Cleveland na 1950 ọ kwagara Los Angeles na-arụ ọrụ na Ụlọ Ọgwụ County.  Na 1953, Purifoy debanyere aha ịga Chouinard Art Institute (ugbu a CalArts )Museum dị na Exposition Park gbagoro nke mbụ.  Na 2015, LACMA na-agbanyeghachi azụ

## Njikọ mpụga

* Webụsaịtị '''Noah Purifoy Foundation''' gọọmentị
* LACMA: ''Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada'' - *ihe ngosi: June 7, 2015 - February 28, 2016* .