Richard Serra
Richard Serra
Richard Serrais an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large-scale assemblies of sheet metal. Serra was involved in the Process Art Movement. He lives and works in Tribeca, New York, and on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth2 November 1939
CountryUnited States of America
art play goes-on
Play is a necessary ingredient in art because there is a kind of wonder that goes on when you play. You're directing your activity toward a conclusion that isn't prescribed by a particular method.
art bridges steel
When I moved into making sculpture, I could handle steel the way it had been handled in the technological revolution. I could use it the way bridge builders used it; I could use it the way they used it in industry and building and not the way it had been used in art.
art people democratic
Art is not democratic. It is not for the people.
art mean thinking
But what does interest me is the notion that if you do a lot of work it means there's a potential for other people to understand that a lot of things are possible with a sustained effort and that the broadening of experiences is possible and I think that's all art can be.
determination art people
Art for the most part, is about concentration, solitude and determination. It's really not about other people's needs and assumptions. I'm not interested in the notion that art serves something. Art is useless, not useful.
subject work
The subject of the work is your experience, your walking,
american-sculptor basically close eyes material potential site terms walk
But basically I try to investigate the site in terms of its potential for interfacing some material so that if I close my eyes I can walk the land.
bell collects function gather open people structure vertical walk
This will function not as a bell tower, but as a vertical structure that collects the buildings. It's open and people will gather and walk around.
american-sculptor decided
They've also, the government's decided now, what sexual content is.
american-sculptor deciding taboo terms
Now when you have administrators deciding what sexuality is, and what's a taboo and what's not in terms of content, you got guys, like, Trent Lott who equates homosexuality with a disease.
museum piece pieces various walking
The piece is predicated on walking and moving, anticipation and reflection, through these various pieces and through the museum as a whole.
factor feathers seem weight
The weight doesn't seem to be a factor because you don't sense the weight. They look like big feathers or something, big blades.
breaking density early effect gravity great language lasting lets meaning music power prevents pushed sound tempo word work
Steve's early work had a lasting effect on me. The density and the gravity of the sound was so great it prevents recollection. The power of Steve's music has to do with its sound. Tempo counts, and language is pushed to the breaking point, where the meaning of the word is obliterated and lets the music out.
piece pointed tall window
I pointed out the window and said I would put a 40-foot tall piece right there. I wasn't even 30 yet.