Books By Noah Purifoy - Author

Hannah Collins was born in London in 1956. From 1989 to 2010 she lived and worked in Barcelona, and today lives between London and Almeria, Spain. Collins has received many awards including a Fulbright Scholarship and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1993. In 2015 a retrospective of her work was shown at the Sprengel Museum Hannover, in conjunction with the award of the Spectrum Prize. In addition to the retrospective publication, Collins' books include The Fragile Feast (2011). She has completed a recent body of work in Japan and has ongoing projects in Amazonia and the American South.

Noah Purifoy (1917-2004) moved to Los Angeles in 1953 and enrolled as the first African American student at what is now the California Institute of the Arts. Purifoy graduated with a BFA just before his fortieth birthday. With fellow artist Judson Powell he organized the exhibition "66 Signs of Neon" with material salvaged from the Watts Rebellion. He co-founded the Watts Towers Arts Center,