Martin Puryear
Monday, July 9th, 1990![](https://www.rebeccanemser.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Martin-Puryear-Catalogue-MOMA-150x150.jpg)
His falcons are elegant objects, yet they are also birds of prey. They are chained to a perch, dreaming of flight; perfectly at rest, yet poised to spread their wings and reach for the sky. His art conveys a sense of scraping away and discarding everything that is not essential — of travelling light, like a nomad, and soaring high, like a bird.
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