At the Museum of Fine Arts, a fluted marble column, perfect in its uniform, scalloped undulations, stands as a serene facsimile of a classical ideal — until, abruptly, it doesn’t: At eye-level, its ...

Quadroon by Martin Puryear, 1966–67, soft ground etching and aquatint with plate tone monotype on paper Courtesy of the artist Martin Puryear, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery Face Down by Martin ...

Martin Puryear is best known for refined, handmade sculptures primarily made of wood. Puryear’s drawings and prints are less well known but are essential to his studio practice. “Martin Puryear: ...

In a full-career survey at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, he melds form, material and an engagement with the world. Three of the nearly 30 sculptures gathered at the MFA Boston for Martin ...

Self-portraiture is commonly thought to be one of the most revealing genres of artmaking: In presenting an image of yourself to the world, you are baring it all, or so the thinking goes. What, then, ...

In 1964, the sculptor Martin Puryear, just out of undergrad at Catholic University, headed off to West Africa to spend two years volunteering in the Peace Corps, living with the Mende people of Sierra ...

In 1991, when I was a student at the SAIC, the Art Institute hosted a retrospective exhibition of Martin Puryear’s sculptures. Most of the pieces on display were made of wood and somehow familiar and ...

Martin Puryear’s newest and most complex work, “Lookout,” draws on the ancient method of Nubian vaulting, and the artist’s own history. Martin Puryear, 82 peeking around a curve of his new sculpture, ...