Art21 proudly presents an artist segment, featuring Martin Puryear, from the "Time" episode in Season 2 of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series.
"Time" premiered in September 2003 on PBS.
Martin Puryear’s respect for age-old techniques and his knowledge of woodworking, masonry and non-western crafts are essential to the archetypal forms he creates. The artist tapped his carpentry skills to create “Ladder for Booker T. Washington,” a sculptural country ladder reaching 36 feet into the air.
Martin Puryear was born in Washington, DC, in 1941. Learn more about the artist at: https://art21.org/artist/martin-puryear/
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“Wisdom that will bless I, who live in the spiral joy born at the utter end of a black prayer.” • — Keiji Haino
“The subject of human creativity is not an ethnic-centric, but a composite subject.” • — Anthony Braxton
“… It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.” • — The Marquis de Sade
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