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NOAH PURIFOY RETROSPECTIVE

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is holding a retrospective exhibition of a famed artist who spent the last years of his life in Joshua Tree. Noah Purifoy, who co-founded the Watts Town Art Center, used the debris from the Watts riots to create his first sculptures about the riots that were included in a group traveling show, “66 Signs of Neon.” Purifoy moved from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree in 1989 and created large-scale sculptures created entirely from found objects on his 10-acre property. Some of his sculptures have been temporarily moved to LACMA for the exhibition; others in the 70-piece exhibition have been brought together from other collections. The Los Angeles Times calls Purifoy’s exhibition, entitled “Junk Dada,” one that “should not be missed” and Purifoy himself “the least well-known pivotal American artist of the last 50 years.” If you can’t make it to Los Angeles to see the exhibition, you can tour his sculpture garden in Joshua Tree for free. Directions to the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Garden are included with this story at z1077fm.com.

Noah Purifoy, White/Colored
Noah Purifoy, White/Colored
Noah Purifoy, Washer Woman, on loan to LA County Museum of Art
Noah Purifoy, Washer Woman, on loan to LA County Museum of Art

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