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American
(1917–2004)
Untitled
1990
Assemblage of wood, plastic, and metal
16 x 70.5 x 6 in. (40.64 x 179.07 x 15.24 cm)
Gift of the Kathryn C. Wanlass Foundation
2008.60
Describing his art process as making “order out of disorder,” Noah Purifoy worked with materials including surfaces with peeling paint, rusted metal, and disfigured or broken objects found in the impoverished neighborhoods of South Los Angeles that surrounded the Watts Towers. Most of the inhabitants, like Purifoy, had migrated to Los Angeles from the southern United States. They brought with them a tradition of making “something out of nothing,” repurposing glass bottles and china plates as decorative objects in their yards. Toilet bowls and tanks were valued for their usefulness as planters.
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