"The definition of being a modern person is to examine yourself, to reflect on yourself and to be a self-knowledgeable person."
"Untitled" (1997)
"Untitled," 1997
Painted red cedar and pine, 68 x 57 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches
Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Courtesy Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York
Painted red cedar and pine, 68 x 57 1/2 x 51 1/2 inches
Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Courtesy Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York
"When I work with something large, I like getting elements that allow a human relationship to the parts, rather than simply being faced with an enormous expanse of material that doesn’t really have increments that you can grasp with your own body size."
- Martin Puryear



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