#Puryear

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Duane Puryear (1964-1991) holding his own quilt panel, 1988.

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jack leighton by menelik puryear

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Lupita Nyong'o photographed by Menelik Puryear for Porter Edit 26th February 2024

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Jacques Pougnet by Menelik Puryear (2024)

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Martin Puryear

Untitled V

2005

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Martin Puryear, Woodcut for edition of Cane, by Jean Toomer, 1923.

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'ladder for booker t. washington' by martin puryear, 1996 in art21: art in the twenty-first century (2003)

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Martin Puryear [USA] (b 1941) ~ ‘Empire's Lurch’, 1987. Painted ponderosa pine (157.5 x 111.8 x 61 cm).

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Duane Kearns Puryear (1964-1991) - Find a Grave Memorial

BIRTH 20 Dec 1964

Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA

DEATH 8 Oct 1991 (aged 26)

Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA

BURIAL

Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA  

GPS-Latitude: 32.8689800, Longitude: -96.7832717

PLOT Mausoleum Garden

Duane Kearns "Tag" Puryear was a young gay man from Texas who contracted HIV as a teenager, when HIV was still unknown, and then went on to become a remarkable AIDS activist who demonstrated extremely strong "self advocacy" as a Person With AIDS. He made for himself one of the most striking panels in the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, inscribed with the words ""My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead…"". Duance died of AIDS in St. Louis on October 8, 1991. His parents were very active in supporting his AIDS activism. For more info, below are links to a biography of Duane as well as a documentary video made about his life and activism.

(Credit: dellpark1904 (50757405) )

Newspaper Link

Youtube Link

Duane Kearns Puryear (1964-1991) - Find a Grave Memorial

Happy birthday, Duane.

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samuel suarez by menelik puryear

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by Martin Puryear

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Ascending Legacy: Martin Puryear's Tribute to Booker T. Washington

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Jacques Pougnet by Menelik Puryear (2024)

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Lupita Nyong'o by Menelik Puryear

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Martin Puryear