Keithley Symposium: Thinking Through “Martin Puryear: Nexus”

Name: Keithley Symposium: Thinking Through “Martin Puryear: Nexus”
Start: 2026-05-30T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-30T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH, United States, Ohio 44106

Schedule

Sat May 30 2026 at 11:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH, United States, Ohio 44106 | Cleveland, OH

One of the most celebrated and influential artists of our time, Martin Puryear (American, born 1941) has created for more than half a century work with captivating presence that is at once technically precise and conceptually expansive. Working primarily in sculpture, his art is abstract. Puryear relies on material, shape, composition, and scale to invite reflection on the world that we inhabit and the times in which we live.
Puryear’s art has a remarkable capacity to open up questions across media and disciplines. On the occasion of the artist’s career survey Martin Puryear: Nexus, this symposium treats his work as a portal to think through a range of practices, materials, and traditions that are central to global art of our time. The panel’s topics are rooted in key concepts that stem from the forms and themes, materials and processes, on view in Martin Puryear: Nexus. In this sense, the symposium offers a variety of entry points into the exhibition, to speak to a range of audiences. The panels are composed of scholars, curators, and artists from Cleveland and beyond.
The symposium schedule with information on speakers is forthcoming.
Note that this is an in-person event and will not be recorded.