Burial Over the City

Purvis Young

About 1990

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Polychrome (green and blue) in abstract form applied to center of paper
Rena Hill Selfe, Bruce Davidson, Cibachrome print
A very low, floor-bound wooden sculpture composed entirely of vertical elements. It is constructed in the shape of a glacial river. The sculpture is rudimentarily crafted out of architectural model building materials; doorways are cut into the walls of the sculpture at irregular intervals.
Black and white press print of four white policemen beating an African American man with clubs, who covers his head while lying on the pavement.