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          Martin Puryear

          American artist (born )

          Martin L. Puryear (born May 23, ) is an American artist known for his devotion to traditional craft. Working in a variety of media, but primarily wood, his reductive technique and meditative approach challenge the physical and poetic boundaries of his materials.[1]:&#;54–57&#; The artist's Liberty/Libertà exhibition represented the United States at the Venice Biennale.[2][3]

          Life

          Born in in Washington, DC, Martin Puryear began exploring traditional craft methods in his youth, making tools, boats, musical instruments, and furniture.[5] After receiving a BA in Fine Art from the Catholic University of America in , Puryear spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone.[6]:&#;–&#; From to , he studied printmaking at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, returning to the United States to enroll in the graduate program for sculpture at Yale University.