"I’m interested in vernacular cultures, where people lived……" — Martin Puryear
"I’m interested in vernacular cultures, where people lived a little closer to the source of materials and the making of objects for use. And for me, not to rely strictly on the history of art has always been an interesting process, to be looking into areas that we call craft and trades."
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Martin Puryear
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14 Quotes by Martin Puryear
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The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius,…
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At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a…
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Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.
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I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.
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The most precise work is generally done by hand, with hand tools. Some people rely on machines for their precision,…
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The work is flowing from an inner knowing of how things really are.
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I was never interested in making cool, distilled, pure objects.
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I think of moving as a kind of saving grace.
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When I went to Africa I think that was when I really found a way to deal with what I…
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There remains this belief that the work itself can have an identity that can speak, whether it's through beauty, or…
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There is the potential for much more spontaneity with prints than there is with the sculpture, which tends to be…
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The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility.
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