Martin Puryear
American artist (born 1941) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Martin L. Puryear (born May 23, 1941) is an Afro-American artist known for his devotion to traditional craft. Working in a variety of media, but primarily wood, his reductive technique and meditative approach challenge the physical and poetic boundaries of his materials.[1]: 54–57 The artist's Liberty/Libertà exhibition represented the United States at the 2019 Venice Biennale.[2][3]
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Born | (1941-05-23) May 23, 1941 (age 82) Washington, DC, US |
Nationality | American |
Education | The Catholic University of America Yale University |
Known for | Sculpture |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Rome Prize National Medal of Arts J. Paul Getty Medal |
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