Martin Puryear is another unique artist that I came across the other day. What interested me about him, besides the fact that hes a sculptor, was that he served in the peace corps for 2 years. The reason this is interesting to me is because I'm looking into going into the peace corps when I get out of college and then when I'm done with that I might try to become a professional photographer/ artist. So in hes kinda doing what I hope to do. Anyways back to Puryear. His work can be classified as thought intensive minimalist art.
Often his pieces are very plain and simple yet with their simplicity comes a comment on life. An example of this would be his piece "Box and Pole." In this piece there is a four foot square box with a hundred foot pool sticking out of it. The comment made by this piece is that there are some things that people are bigger then yet there are also things that are bigger then us. The box being what people are bigger then and the pole representing ideas such as god which are bigger then people. What I think is great about his pieces is that if you look at them long enough you would probably come to the conclusion he wants you to. Another quality of his work that I like is how natural some of them are. Many of his pieces are made out of wood or rocks instead of metal. This means your focusing more on the meaning behind the piece then the meaning behind the material. All in all I am a fan of his work becasue of how simple it is. There are no hidden messages but simply comments on the relations of things in the world.
Martin Puryear is another unique artist that I came across the other day. What interested me about him, besides the fact that hes a sculptor, was that he served in the peace corps for 2 years. The reason this is interesting to me is because I'm looking into going into the peace corps when I get out of college and then when I'm done with that I might try to become a professional photographer/ artist. So in hes kinda doing what I hope to do. Anyways back to Puryear. His work can be classified as thought intensive minimalist art. 
Often his pieces are very plain and simple yet with their simplicity comes a comment on life. An example of this would be his piece "Box and Pole." In this piece there is a four foot square box with a hundred foot pool sticking out of it. The comment made by this piece is that there are some things that people are bigger then yet there are also things that are bigger then us. The box being what people are bigger then and the pole representing ideas such as god which are bigger then people. What I think is great about his pieces is that if you look at them long enough you would probably come to the conclusion he wants you to. Another quality of his work that I like is how natural some of them are. Many of his pieces are made out of wood or rocks instead of metal. This means your focusing more on the meaning behind the piece then the meaning behind the material. All in all I am a fan of his work becasue of how simple it is. There are no hidden messages but simply comments on the relations of things in the world.
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