Martin Puryear during the installation of the sculpture Desire, 1981 in the Atrium of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 2007
#5. Martin Puryear
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Puryear makes powerfully ambiguous forms, things that almost correspond
to familiar realities but not quite, so that they speak in subtle terms
to undisclosed locations within ourselves. It's not unusual to hear him
described as one of the greatest living American artists. Agreed.