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, ...

Which brings me to the work of Martin Puryear. Like Serra, Puryear went to Yale’s famed M.F.A. program (1969–71), but he attended five years after Serra had graduated. In fact, Serra and Robert Morris ...

Martin Puryear’s newest and most complex work, “Lookout,” draws on the ancient method of Nubian vaulting, and the artist’s own history. By Ted Loos Without dedicated funding for conservation, many of ...

BOSTON — Coming upon a sculpture by Martin Puryear can be like greeting a cowled monk standing sentry at the gates of a mountain monastery. You can try using your words. But chances are nothing will ...

Martin Puryear, “Ladder for Booker T. Washington” (1996) (©Martin Puryear, Courtesy Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth) I cannot stress this enough. Puryear goes beyond simply remembering those who are ...