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Martin Puryear : multiple dimensions /

By: Pascale, Mark.
Contributor(s): The Art Insitute of Chicago.
Publisher: Chicago : The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015Description: 160 p. : ill. (some coloured) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300184549; 9780300184549:; 0300184549.Subject(s): Puryear, Martin, 1941- | Puryear, Martin, 1941- -- Exhibitions | United States -- Artists -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 700.411
Contents:
Foreword / Douglas Druick -- Acknowldgements -- Line, shape, form / Mark Pascale -- Making drawings, drawings as making / Ruth Fine -- Plates / Martin Puryear -- Photography credits.
Summary: Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, organised by The Art Institute of Chicago. Shown at : the Morgan Library and Museum, NYC, USA (12.10.2015-1.10.2016) ; the Art Institute of Chicago, USA (7.2.-1.5.2016) ; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., USA ( 27.5.-6.9.2016).Summary: American sculptor Martin Puryear creates work that combines the clean elegance of minimalism and the simplicity of traditional materials. His stunning sculptures explore themes of identity, ethnicity and history, and are rich with social and cultural commentary. Despite the apparent simplicity of his works, however, he engages in an extensive iterative process that has, until now, been unknown. 'Martin Puryear - Multiple Dimensions' explores that process, featuring numerous drawings, prints and small-scale sculptures that have never before been published.
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Foreword / Douglas Druick -- Acknowldgements -- Line, shape, form / Mark Pascale -- Making drawings, drawings as making / Ruth Fine -- Plates / Martin Puryear -- Photography credits.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, organised by The Art Institute of Chicago. Shown at : the Morgan Library and Museum, NYC, USA (12.10.2015-1.10.2016) ; the Art Institute of Chicago, USA (7.2.-1.5.2016) ; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., USA ( 27.5.-6.9.2016).

American sculptor Martin Puryear creates work that combines the clean elegance of minimalism and the simplicity of traditional materials. His stunning sculptures explore themes of identity, ethnicity and history, and are rich with social and cultural commentary. Despite the apparent simplicity of his works, however, he engages in an extensive iterative process that has, until now, been unknown. 'Martin Puryear - Multiple Dimensions' explores that process, featuring numerous drawings, prints and small-scale sculptures that have never before been published.

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