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Richard Serra (1939)

Professions: Sculptor

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    Richard Serra , 12-4-8 Steel

    Richard Serra , 12-4-8 Steel

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    l - Richard Serra , b. 1939 Even Level hot rolled steel

    l - Richard Serra , b. 1939 Even Level hot rolled steel

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    Richard Serra b. 1939 Untitled corten steel 119 1/2 by 144 by 2 1/2in. 303.5 by 365.8 by 6.4cm. Exec...

    Richard Serra b. 1939 Untitled corten steel 119 1/2 by 144 by 2 1/2in. 303.5 by 365.8 by 6.4cm. Exec...

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    Richard Serra, Rosa Parks (Berswordt-Wallrabe 41)

    Richard Serra, Rosa Parks (Berswordt-Wallrabe 41)

Richard Serra Biography

(b San Francisco, 2 Nov 1939). American sculptor. He studied from 1957 to 1961 at the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara, and from 1961 to 1964 at Yale University in New Haven, CT, where he worked with Josef Albers on his Interaction of Color (New Haven, 1963). His works of the late 1960s, particularly those made of molten or cast lead, such as the Splashings (for illustration see PROCESS ART) and Castings of 1968–9 (e.g. Casting , exh. New York, Whitney, 1969; destr.; see 1983 exh. cat., p. 68), were predicated on the idea that the essence of the work lay in the act and in the specific qualities of the materials and the spaces in which they are displayed. These and related works by other artists came to be referred to as PROCESS ART. Serra applied these principles not only to such temporary works but also to installations of variable dimensions consisting of random arrangements of solid materials, such as the Cuttings and Scatter Pieces of 1968–70 (e.g. Cutting; Device: Base–Plate–Measure , wood, steel and lead, 1969; New York, MOMA), and to more apparently conventional works such as Floor Pole Prop (1969; Amsterdam, Stedel. Mus.). The latter, which consists of a sheet of lead measuring 2.41*2.54 m propped up by a cylinder 2.5 m long, demonstrates a reductiveness similar to that employed in MINIMALISM, but to quite different ends: the demonstration of physical space and weight.

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