# @drawingcenter on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B50opbcFjSQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16044219-drawingcenter-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-12-08T19:01:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Drawing Center (@drawingcenter) — https://gondola.cc/drawingcenter

## Caption

Purvis Young, an artist featured in “The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists” began to draw while serving a two-year sentence at North Florida’s Raiford State Penitentiary from 1961–64. He started his practice by using art history textbooks from the prison library for guidance.
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After his release, Young continued to draw and paint, using found materials and developing a characteristic, semi-abstract figurative style. When asked about his work, Young professed a desire to spread “peace in the world.”
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“The Pencil Is a Key: Drawings by Incarcerated Artists” is on view until January 5, 2020. Throughout the run of the exhibition, admission to The Drawing Center will be FREE (Wed - Sun, 12pm - 6pm | Thurs, 12pm - 8pm)⁣
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Image: Purvis Young, “Untitled,” 1964. Ballpoint pen and crayon on paper. Courtesy of The Larry T Clemons Collection. Photograph by Martin Parsekian.
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