
The Martin Puryear retrospective was a surprising blast of fresh modern sculpture I had never seen. In my mind it far overshadowed the much more packed Georges Seurat: The Drawings exhibit next door.

A master at working with natural materials, he makes wood deftly turn or curve in unexpected and enthralling ways. His mixture of materials clearly show a broad palette of global influences that he chooses carefully to convey feeling and spacial interaction.

The beauty of a world-class museum like the MOMA is that in one afternoon I could go from sharing with my little brother the intricacies and depth of a Jackson Pollack splatter to discovering for myself a new -- and just as impressive -- sculptor that achieves much the same with natural, hand-manipulated elements.
For more on Martin Puryear, check out this PBS profile on him HERE.
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