FIgure in green helmet #5 - Purvis Young Painting usa movie The slightly off-center inner target

The slightly off-center inner target circle on the left add an interesting element of asymmetry to the piece

Advertising a gallery exhibition of renowned photographer Herb Ritts

The bird of paradise's unique shape adds a sense of movement to the print

a form of urban renewal displacing "people's culture

1962 at the Museum Am Ostwall Dortmund

FIgure in green helmet #5 - Purvis Young Painting usa movie The slightly off-center inner targetA large central figure in a green helmet is positioned below a small green ambulance with a red cross, all set against a chaotic cityscape background. I Purvis Young was an American artist of Bahamian descent known for his expressive mixed media works made from found materials. Using scrap wood and plywood collected from the streets of Overtown in Miami, Florida, Young combined painting, drawing, and collage to portray both the struggles and spiritual