Saw this on Sunday while down on Pennsylvania Avenue checking out the SoapCar Derby, The Newseum, and the National Barbeque Battle with family and friends. Washington D.C.'s own Martin Puryear runs through Sept. 28 at the National Gallery of Art, on the north side of the Mall at Sixth Street NW.
Congratulations on all your accomplishments, Mr. Martin Puryear!
~LT
National Gallery of Art: www.nga.gov
The Art Craftsman
Martin Puryear Came Late to Abstraction But Carved a Niche for Himself Nonetheless
By Blake Gopnik
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Some of the most enjoyable creations have come at the tail ends of great artistic movements, in a winning manner we might want to dub "late."
It's not just in the art world. There are wonderful composers of the very late baroque, such as Michel Corrette, who are still riffing on Vivaldi in the age of Mozart.
You can even spot late style in the hard-boiled detective fiction of John D. MacDonald. Written decades after the first stories about private eyes, MacDonald's tales became urbane and knowing.
In that same way, the sculptor Martin Puryear can be thought of as a past master of late abstraction. For more than 30 years, he's been making work that is gracious, persuasive and attractive -- if not completely of its time.
Washington Post full article link: www.washingtonpost.com
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