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Martin Puryear : multiple dimensions

Title
Martin Puryear : multiple dimensions / Mark Pascale, with an essay by Ruth Fine.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • Pascale, Mark, 1954-
  • Fine, Ruth, 1941-
  • Puryear, Martin, 1941-
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Pierpont Morgan Library
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum
Description
160 pages : color illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"American sculptor Martin Puryear (b. 1941) 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. Puryear, who is known for abstract, large-scale pieces in wood, stone, and bronze, has captured the attention of the art world for the past 30 years. 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. This catalogue is the first to examine Puryear's work across media, providing invaluable insight into his visual thinking, from sketches to working drawings and constructions for sculpture. Handsomely illustrated with nearly 120 color plates that demonstrate the evolution of Puryear's ideas between drawings, prints, and sculptures, this beautiful volume draws back the curtain on the methodology of this important and enigmatic artist."--
Subject
  • Puryear, Martin, 1941- > Exhibitions
  • Puryear, Martin, 1941-
  • African American sculptors > Exhibitions
  • African American artists > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog from an exhibition held at The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, October 9, 2015 to January 20, 2016; The Art Institute of Chicago, February 7 to May 1, 2016; and, Smithsonian American Art Museum, May 27 to September 5, 2016.
  • "Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Art Institute of Chicago."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Line, Shape, Form / Mark Pascale -- Making Drawings, Drawing as Making / Ruth Fine.
Call Number
Sc E 18-137
ISBN
  • 9780300184549
  • 0300184549
LCCN
2015018244
OCLC
907206241
Title
Martin Puryear : multiple dimensions / Mark Pascale, with an essay by Ruth Fine.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The Art Institute of Chicago, [2015]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Pascale, Mark, 1954-
Fine, Ruth, 1941-
Puryear, Martin, 1941- Works. Selections.
Art Institute of Chicago.
Pierpont Morgan Library.
Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Research Call Number
Sc E 18-137
JQE 16-10
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