Martin Puryear

Martin Puryear

Martin Puryear’s work is fascinating, his pieces are very abstract in context. His work as he states in the intro to his site is non representational, yet at the same time they allude to objects in real life. Giving his work this odd mix of non representational allusion. I think that his art is interesting, he strips it down to such a point that you get to looking at the shape or the form as opposed to minute details. I ended up looking at the direction of the piece and it’s movement as opposed to what it possibly meant. I also looked at the material and was interested in how he manipulated wood in several different instances. It was also intriguing the combination and form that he put in some objects and how he placed certain works so that they trailed into the distance.

Another fascinating concept about Martin Puryear’s works was how some of them were incredibly simple in nature and how other were not. He had many pieces that are a single object or a single piece that loops back on itself or maybe a wooden form lying on the ground. While others had intricate weaving or were woven into a fascinating form and some had odd wooden angles while more had several compounded features. Giving a fascinating contradiction to his work.