The titles of Martin Puryear’s sculptures might best be considered
as metaphors that expand rather than limit the meaning
of his works, which are spare, carefully crafted, evocative, and
profound. Like poetry, much is lost in the interpretation. When
his sculptures are titled after historic people, it is especially easy
to misread them. In
chose the title only after he had completed the sculpture. To
think of the title as a frame for the sculpture would be backwards
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