“I have painted a lot of boat people. I mostly see the boat people struggling. I see them on the news, where the boats turn over, or they get turned around, sent back. Sometimes I put sharks in my art, boats turning over with sharks around. Sometimes sharks keep peoples from getting to freedom. Sharks let you know it’s dangerous coming across to Florida. Sharks are part of everybody’s environment. “ -interview with Purvis from Will Arnett’s Souls Grown Deep Purvis Young (b. 1943- 2010) was born in Miami, FL, of Bahamian descent. He lived and worked in Miami until he death in 2010. Celebrated at the museum and institutional level. His work is featured in the collections of the Rubell Museum, the Tampa Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Centre Pompidou, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others.  Solo exhibition of historical ...