Earthworks and Beyond: Contempory Art in the Landscape
2006Beardsley, John
239 pages
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Born 1941 Washington, District Of Columbia. Known for: Abstract wooden structure sculpture.
Of his sculpture Martin Puryear has said: "I think my work speaks to anybody who has the capacity to slow down.". Puryear is best known for his works in hard wood, his primary medium, but he also... Read full biography
Of his sculpture Martin Puryear has said: "I think my work speaks to anybody who has the capacity to slow down.". Puryear is best known for his works in hard wood, his primary medium, but he also utilizes other materials including rawhide and wire. Michael Kimmelman noted in the "New York Times"... Read full biography
Of his sculpture Martin Puryear has said: "I think my work speaks to anybody who has the capacity to slow down.". Puryear is best known for his works in hard wood, his primary medium, but he also utilizes other materials including rawhide and wire. Michael Kimmelman noted in the "New York Times" (March 1, 1992), "No artist today has a greater reverence for wood or can do more with it." In 1989, Puryear represented the United States at the Sao Paulo Bienal, thus becoming the first black artist... Read full biography
Of his sculpture Martin Puryear has said: "I think my work speaks to anybody who has the capacity to slow down.". Puryear is best known for his works in hard wood, his primary medium, but he also utilizes other materials including rawhide and wire. Michael Kimmelman noted in the "New York Times" (March 1, 1992), "No artist today has a greater reverence for wood or can do more with it." In 1989, Puryear represented the United States at the Sao Paulo Bienal, thus becoming the first black artist to represent the U.S. officially in an international art exhibition. The oldest of the children--five sons and two daughters--of Reginald Puryear, a postal worker, and Martina Puryear, an elementary-school teacher, Martin Puryear was born on May 23,... Read full biography
Of his sculpture Martin Puryear has said: "I think my work speaks to anybody who has the capacity to slow down.". Puryear is best known for his works in hard wood, his primary medium, but he also utilizes other materials including rawhide and wire. Michael Kimmelman noted in the "New York Times" (March 1, 1992), "No artist today has a greater reverence for wood or can do more with it." In 1989, Puryear represented the United States at the Sao Paulo Bienal, thus becoming the first black artist to represent the U.S. officially in an international art exhibition. The oldest of the children--five sons and two daughters--of Reginald Puryear, a postal worker, and Martina Puryear, an elementary-school teacher, Martin Puryear was born on May 23, 1941 in Washington, D.C. His maternal grandfather fixed clocks, and his father was adept at repairing things around the house. Puryear's br... Read full biography
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesSculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
2005Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro)246 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pages20th Century American Sculpture in the White House Garden
2001Finn, David144 pages (color)Collecting African American Art Works on Paper and Canvas
1998Taha, Halima270 pages (color)American Visions The Epic History of Art in America
1997Hughes, Robert635 pages (color)Visual Arts in the 20th Century
1997Lucie-Smith, Edward400 pages (color)Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century
1997Powell, Richard J256 pages (color)Addison Gallery of American Art 65 Years A Selective Catalogue
1996
(Exhibition catalog)Addison Gallery512 pages (color)Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996Barbara and Peter Toohil363 pages (color)Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art
1996Demetrion, James T (Introduction)166 pages (color)Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking
1996Ruzicka, Joseph220 pages (color)Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996Sandler, Irving636 pages (color)The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
1996Wood, James N/T Edelstein160 pages (color)Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995Fineberg, Jonathan496 pages (color)History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts From the Dawn of History to the Present Day
1995Janson, H W; Dora Jane Janson960 pages (color)Art Today
1995Lucie-Smith, Edward512 pages (color)Visions of America Landscape as Metaphor in the Late 20th Century
1994
(Exhibition catalog)Friedman, Martin (et al)256 pages (color)Sculpture An Illustrated Catalogue
1994
(Exhibition catalog)National Gallery of Art283 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesAmerican Art in the 20th Century Painting and Sculpture 1913-1993
1993
(Exhibition catalog)Joachimides, Christos (others)490 pages (color)Contemporary Art 1965-1990
1992Kurtz, Bruce D256 pages (color)Allegories of Modernism Contemporary Drawing
1992
(Exhibition catalog)Rose, Bernice128 pages (color)Martin Puryear
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Benezra, Neal160 pages (color)Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945
1991Hoffman, Katherine400 pages (color)Devil on the Stairs Looking Back on the Eighties
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Storr, Robert/J Tannenbaum96 pages (color)Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991Wheeler, Daniel344 pages (color)Mixed Blessings New Art in a Multicultural America
1990Lippard, Lucy R279 pages (color)Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition
1989
(Exhibition catalog)Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen230 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesAmerican Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985Krantz, Les347 pages (color)Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pages1981 Biennial Exhibition Whitney Museum
1981
(Exhibition catalog)Armstrong, Tom (Foreward)159 pages