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The Struggle

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Purvis Young was a native of Miami, Florida, who created a unique art environment in the neighborhood of Overtown. In 1971, Young decided to make a statement in his downtrodden neighborhood after being inspired by murals made by African-American activists in Chicago and Detroit. He decided to paint in a vacant alley of boarded up store fronts—a blank slate—with images that charted the challenges of this once-vibrant neighborhood. The Struggle is widely regarded as Young’s most powerful and significant work from this period.
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Acrylic On Wood
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Grumbacher-Viener Collection in memory of Nancy Grumbacher
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Keywords

  1. Apartment
  2. Architecture
  3. Architecture Exterior
  4. Cityscape
  5. Cityscapes
  6. Domestic
  7. Figure Male
  8. Truck
  9. Vehicle
  10. Vehicles
  11. Young, Purvis

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