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MARTIN PURYEAR
February 24–May 18, 2008
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
presents a major exhibition of the sculpture of the acclaimed
American artist Martin Puryear (b.1941) organized by The
Museum of Modern Art, New York. The retrospective features
approximately forty-five sculptures, following the development
of Puryear's artistic career over the last thirty years.
Puryear's works, often deceptively simple, can be associated
with the sentiments of his Minimalist contemporaries, but
his supremely quiet, poignant forms continually defy further
categorization and reflect his own unique style. These
often monumental sculptures are distinctly sophisticated,
especially in regard to the artist’s skills as a
woodworker. Puryear's Ladder for Booker T. Washington,
1996, in the Modern's permanent collection, is a visitor
favorite.
Organized by John Elderfield, The Marie-Josée
and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture,
The Museum of Modern Art
Support provided by the City of Fort Worth
 FOCUS: Kehinde Wiley
April 20–May 25, 2008
Kehinde Wiley creates larger-than-life-size
portraits that mix historical Western European painting
styles such as French Romanticism, Rococo, and Baroque
with images from contemporary urban streets. The resulting
monumental works are painted in Wiley’s characteristic,
flamboyant style and presented in ornate gold frames. While
the artist evokes important and highly recognizable paintings
from the past, he replaces those works’ elite white
sitters with African-American men.
Permanent Collection
Checklist
This exhibition features many highlights
of the permanent collection. Works in many media
show the diversity of the
Modern’s collection.
Various movements, themes, and styles are represented,
including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field
painting, Nouveau Réalisme,
Pop art, Minimalism, and post-Minimalism, as well
as aspects of New Image Painting from the 1970s
and beyond, recent developments in abstract and
figurative sculpture, and contemporary photography
and video.
A museum is an organic, changing place. In order
to show the full range of our holdings and to
accommodate important temporary exhibitions, certain
works must occasionally be taken off view. Please
refer to the exhibition checklist for works currently
on view in the Museum galleries.
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