Martin Puryear: nexus

Abstract

"Over the last five decades, Martin Puryear (b. 1941) has pioneered an influential sculptural language that integrates wide-ranging aesthetic traditions and techniques of production with roots around the world. Through his innovative use of form, materials, and process, Puryear's work exemplifies the expressive potential for abstraction in our time. This book highlights the global histories that have shaped Puryear's practice, offering a fresh and timely perspective on his art. It emphasizes the unique ways that the artist combines the diverse histories of making that he has encountered throughout his travels, observations, research, and study." -- Publisher's website.

Contents

An attitude toward sculpture / Emily Liebert and Reto Thüring -- Plates and responses -- Martin Puryear's joining of natural and social worlds / Emily Liebert -- Martin Puryear and Africa / Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi -- Martin Puryear, James Krenov, and Postwar craft / Michelle Millar Fisher -- You are here : the greater Asias of Martin Puryear / Joan Kee -- Martin Puryear : refractions of the historical present / Rizvana Bradley -- Chronology : exhibitions, commissions, and special projects / Gabriella Shypula.