Archive of Selected Press
Archive of Selected Press
High Desert Destinations: Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley have a Lot to Offer Lovers of Visual Arts, Stephen Berger, CV Independent, May 23, 2019
The Double Ephemeral, Susan Myrland, Palm Springs Life, April 30, 2019
Soul of a Nation at The Broad, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, Art Talk. KCRW, March 21, 2019
Review: Searing moments of American truths in Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, March 23, 2019
The Noah Purifoy Foundation, Joe Lewis, The Brooklyn Rail, December 11, 2018
Tilton Gallery opens Noah Purifoy’s first solo exhibition on the East Coast, artdailly, September 25, 2018
Finding beauty in detritus in the Mojave Desert, Mike McPhate, The California Sun, April 10, 2018
A Groundbreaking Show Presents a New, Inclusive Vision of American Art, Roberta Smith, New York Times, February 15, 2018
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, Elizabeth Fullerton, Art in America, August 14, 2017
What Would Noah Purifoy do?, Kristin Scharkey, The Desert Sun, June 1, 2017
The Story of the Philosopher-Artist of L.A., Kellie Jones, Literary Hub, May 25, 2017
66 Signs of Noah: Purifoy’s Forms, Rodney Koeneke, Poetry Foundation , April 2017
Take A Photo Tour of of a Junk Dada Electronic Wasteland in the Desert, Naomi Melati Bishop, Motherboard, June 15, 2016
A Desert Museum's Ode to Black Assemblage Art, Antwaun Sargent, The Creators Project, May 3, 2016
Noah Purifoy Exhibit Showcases a Great Artist, Steven Rosen, CityBeat, March 23, 2016
Dada: 100 Years Later, Tony Perrottet, Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2016
Noah in the Desert, Volker M. Welter, Berfrois, January 15, 2016
Museums, Galleries Have Big 2016 Plans, Steven Rosen, CityBeat, January 13, 2016
The Re-tech of Noah Purifoy: an overture in detritus, K. Bradford, Viralnet.net, 2015
24 Fragments of Purifoy, Tom Leeser, Viralnet.net, 2015
Junk Dada: The Stories Behind Noah Purifoy’s Joshua Tree Sculptures, Tanja M. Laden, Artbound, KCET, 2015 (Winner: Radio & Television News Association of Southern California Golden Mike Award 2016)
A Retrospective - Noah Purifoy: Storytelling through Junk, Nan Collymore, Contemporary And, September 11, 2015
Noah Purifoy, an artist forged by fire, Caroline Miranda, Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2015
Review: Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada, Megan Abrahams, ArtPulse, number 24, 2015
Noah Purifoy and Fierce Landscapes, Stacey Ravel Abarbanel, The Family Savvy, August 4, 2015
The reconsideration of Noah Purifoy’s junk Art, Cooper Copeland, Campus Circle, August 2, 2015
Noah Purifoy: Joshua Tree Art on the Miracle Mile, Alysia Gray Painter, NBC4News, July 30, 2015
Noah Purifoy and Larry Sultan at LACMA, Iris Schneider, LAObserved, July 3, 2015
Noah Purifoy, Naima J. Keith, Art Ltd., July 2015
The Modern Art Notes Podcast, episode number 190, Tyler Green, June 24, 2015
Noah Purifoy’s Sophisticated Assemblage, Scarlet Cheng, Artbound, KCET, June 24, 2015
Review: 'Junk Dada' assembles Noah Purifoy's pivotal, overlooked works, Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, June 8, 2015
The Unknown Purifoy, William Poundstone, Blouin Art Info Blogs, June 7, 2015
Noah Purifoy, Madeleine Brand, KCRW Press Play with Madeleine Brand, June 5, 2015
No Contest, Douglas Messerli, Art Là Bas, June 5, 2015
Preview: Noah Purifoy at LACMA, Shelley Holcomb, Curate LA June 4, 2015
Vote: Rafa Esparza’s Con/Safos Project vs. Noah Purifoy’s Sculptural Works – Purifoy is People’s Choice, Artbound, KCET, March 17, 2015
Survey of Outsider Artists Challenges the Meaning of "Outsider Art", Katherine Brooks, The Huffington Post, February 27, 2014
Show 7: The Desert II, On Topic, July 7, 2013
PST, A to Z: "Civic Virtue" at LA Municipal Art Gallery and Watts Towers Arts Center, Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2012
A New Pin on the Art Map, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, November 10, 2011
Laying Claim to Its Place in the Sun, Peter Plagens, The Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2011
Review: "Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950-1970", Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, September 29, 2011
Lesser-known artists are poised for a breakthrough, Jori Finkel, Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2011
The "Human Nature" of tastes in art, Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2011
Make Art Not War: Watts and the Junk Art Conversation, Cameron Shaw, East of Borneo, November 22, 2010
A Life From a South Farm Town to Watts, in Cast Off Objects, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, May 13, 2009
Unearthing Lost Treasures in California, Jori Finkel, The New York Times, March 13, 2010
Art Blooms in the California Desert, Julia Chaplin, The New York Times, April 21, 2007
Reading Fragments from an Incendiary Time, Holland Lotter, The New York Times, November 14, 2006
Please note that this is a selective bibliography. Scholars may request a complete CV and bibliography by contacting the Foundation.