ArtBabble: Martin Puryear http://artbabble.org/artist/Martin_Puryear/feed en Martin Puryear's "Ladder for Booker T. Washington" http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/martin-puryears-ladder-booker-t-washington <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-institution"> <div class="field-label">Institution:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/partner/national-gallery-art-washington">National Gallery of Art, Washington</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Installing <i>Ladder for Booker T. Washington</i> took 12 art handlers seven hours. This time-lapse movie demonstrates the process of hoisting the 36-foot-long ash and maple sculpture into the Rotunda in the West Building of the National Gallery of Art. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition <a href="http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/puryearinfo.shtm" rel="nofollow"><em>Martin Puryear</em></a></p> <p><a href="http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/martin-puryears-ladder-booker-t-washington" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://artbabble.org/video/ngadc/martin-puryears-ladder-booker-t-washington#comments Book T. Washingon ladder Martin Puryear Materials and Process National Gallery of Art, Washington http://artbabble.org/sites/default/files/bvideos/11/117f9bdb0d02c03b/poster-image-05.jpg 117f9bdb0d02c03b Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:21:41 +0000 s-sarraf 7595 at http://artbabble.org