# @kdr305 on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-12T15:43:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Katia David Rosenthal Gallery (@kdr305) — https://gondola.cc/kdr305

## Caption

“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 work by Miami artist Purvis Young, on view from September 5th to October 11th, 2025. Works on view are courtesy of The Purvis Young Legacy Collection. 

#purvisyoung
 #ThePurvisYoungLegacyCollection
Images by gayaman_photo 

Purvis Young
Untitled, Circa 1990’s
Acrylic on masonite
36¼ x 28⅜ in.
92.05 x 72.09 cm
PY0011
(Life is Blessed)

Purvis Young
Unitled, Circa 1990’s
acrylic on wood
15¼ x 51 in.
38.73 x 129.54 cm
PY0012
(The Journey)

Purvis Young
Untitled, Circa 1990’s
Acrylic on wood
10⅜ x 73½ in.
26.37 x 186.69 cm
PY0001
(Flotilla to Freedom)

Purvis Young
Untitled , Circa 1990’s
Acrylic on wood
20¼ x 20¼ in.
51.41 x 51.41 cm
PY0003
(Heading to Safety)

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