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Art Car
"A coup-de-grace. An innate sense of the most formal elements of art. Color and line are handled with seasonal finesse. Balance and unity abound, where images segue from sides to hood, to roof to bumpers, in the smoothest of transition."
Art Beat, Arnold Simon, Critic
Specifications
Make: Datsun
Model: #411
Designer: Pinan Farina, Italy
Year: 1964 (design), 1967 (release)
I.D.#: RL411-007516
Body: 4 door sedan
Engine: 4 cylinder
Weight: approx. 2,000 lbs.
Dimensions:
- length 158"
- height 56"
- width 58"
Comments: Car's exterior treated for rust spots prior to artist painting on it (early 1997). Interior is black vinyl and is in impeccable condition. The engine is in running order however it is in need of new brakes.
The automobile was the centerpiece to Young's One Man Exhibition entitled Paper & Metal which took place March 1997 at The Museum of New Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Goodbread Alley
After learning of the "Freedom Walls" created by artists in Detroit and Chicago, Young decided in 1972 to create his own public mural at the intersection of Northwest Third Avenue and 14 Street in Overtown, Miami‘s inner-city. Coined "Goodbread Alley," the installation was visible from the newly constructed Interstate 95, which had all but completely dissected and consequently isolated his community from the rest of South Florida. This remarkably complex work, born of a colossal outpouring of spontaneous creative energy, was directly attached in a collage manner to the sides of three defunct, abandoned buildings (formerly serving to house the Bahamian Baking Industry) which Young managed as superintendent after the industry had moved out and a laundry company had taken its place. The entire project was threatened with destruction in 1975, when HUD condemned the buildings in order to use the site for public housing. Most of the work was lost or destroyed as HUD crews condemned and tore the buildings down. Please contact the gallery for further information about the few select panels which fortunately survived.
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