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ArtJanuary 2008 Martin Puryear at MOMA by Karen Wilkin On "Martin Puryear" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The splendid Martin Puryear retrospective currently at the Museum of Modern Art made me wonder when I first became aware of this inventive sculptor’s work.[1] The evidence of my bookshelves suggests that it was in 1978, when Puryear was included in the Exxon National “Young American Artists” exhibition at the Guggenheim. (Among the other notable young participants were Siah Armajani, Scott Burton, Denise Green, and Bryan Hunt.) The catalogue of the show not only establishes the forgotten date of my initial encounter with Puryear but also confirms my memory of what he exhibited: a mysterious, tapering dark form extending along the ground, part overturned boat, part abstracted sea creature à la Brancusi, and a wall of extended, indescribable forms that seemed to function at once as pure drawing and primitive trophies. I recall being both fascinated and puzzled by the ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 26 January 2008, on page 43 Copyright © 2012 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Martin-Puryear-at-MOMA-3739
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