SFMOMA
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Martin Puryear, Brunhilda
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Nov 8, 2008 – Jan 25, 2009
Mondays–Tuesdays (10am–5:45pm)
Thursdays (11am–9:45pm)
Fridays–Sundays (11am–5:45pm)
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$12.50
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SFMOMA's retrospective of the great American sculptor Martin Puryear quickly dispenses with woodworking's crafty, small-scale reputation. Monumental in size, Puryear's abstract sculptures eschew right angles for curving, ovoid forms that are particularly difficult to render in wood. Steeped in both American furniture and African crafts traditions, Puryear used a single tree to create the 36-foot-tall Ladder for Booker T. Washington, a mythical-looking piece that tapers to a single inch wide at its apex. Sharp and Flat resembles a Trojan horse, while Brunhilde is an airy, rotund wooden lattice with a small peak that gives the sculpture a hint of anthropomorphism.
