If you're in the Washington, DC area -- There’s an exhibit of Martin
Puryear’s sculpture at the National Gallery of Art (NGA). Puryear/
Unfortunately, the exhibit wills only be there until next Sunday, Sept
28th.

Puryear, a Washington, DC born sculptor, works primarily in wood,
usually using common construction materials to produce impressive and
stimulating work.

Here’s a few links of interest:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Puryear

http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/puryear/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/ame....mpuryear.html