%C2%A9 Martin Puryear
Phrygian (Cap in the Air), 2012
Color soft-ground etching with spit-bite aquatint, aquatint and drypointexpand_more
Gift of Mary and Bob Merskyexpand_more 2017.137.7
Not on Viewexpand_more
African American sculptor and printmaker Martin Puryear explores issues of identity, culture, and history in his work. Produced in collaboration with master printers, Puryear’s editioned prints generally feature simplified black-and-white motifs that bring to mind traditional craft, manual labor, and nature, subjects he also explores in his sculptural work and site-specific installations. Puryear’s austere images essentially function as cultural or historical symbols whose meanings are fluid and depend on the viewer’s own experiences, memories, and associations. “I think there are a number of levels at which my work can be dealt with and appreciated,” Puryear has noted. “It gives me pleasure to feel there’s a level that doesn’t require knowledge of or immersion in the aesthetic of a given time or place.”
Details
- Title
- Phrygian (Cap in the Air)
- Artist Life
- born 1941
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2017.137.7
- Provenance
- Paulson Fontaine Press, Berkeley, Calif. (publisher), sold to Mersky 2017; Mary and Robert Mersky, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2017
- Curator Approved
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