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In June 2024 Martin Puryear’s monumental, thatched sculpture Meditation in a Beech Wood was restored. Visitors were invited to follow the entire process with several events during the building process. On September 5 the project culminates with a seminar where the artist inaugurates the remade sculpture. Martin Puryear began working as an artist in the 1960s, at a time when many of his colleagues were working with the reduced, abstract style of minimalism. Drawing on this art form as well as traditional craftsmanship, he developed his own design language. In his sculptures, he uses natural materials such as metal, stone, grass and wood, which he gives abstract, dreamlike shapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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10:30<\/strong> Gathering at the Main Barn before we all walk to the sculpture <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Puryear studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in the 1960s and has had a close relationship with Sweden ever since. In 1995 he was invited to Wan\u00e5s and became interested in the thatched roof tradition in Sk\u00e5ne and Denmark. When the sculpture was originally erected in 1996, the artist worked closely with experienced roofer Adam Ooms, who will return in the summer of 2024 to renovate the sculpture and restore it to its original condition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
11:00 <\/strong>Inauguration of Meditation in a Beech Wood<\/em>
12:00<\/strong> Lunch \u2013 picnic if the weather is nice
13:00<\/strong> Conversation between Martin Puryear and Milena H\u00f8gsberg (in English)
14:00 <\/strong>Panel & audience questions with Martin Puryear, Adam Ooms, and Marika Wachtmeister (in Swedish\/English)
14:30 <\/strong>Coffee break
14:45 <\/strong>Optional activities \u2013 Sculpture workshop or Guided tour focusing on materials (in Swedish)
16:00<\/strong> End of the day<\/p>\n\n\n\nBIO<\/h3>\n\n\n\n