Richard Serra
Richard Serra was an American artist known for his large-scale abstract sculptures made for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings, and whose work has been primarily associated with postminimalism. Described as "one of his era's greatest sculptors", Serra became notable for emphasizing the material qualities of his works and exploration of the relationship between the viewer, the work, and the site.
Background
- Born in
- San Francisco
- Educated at
- Yale UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
- Awards
- 🏆 Praemium Imperiale🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship🏆 Goslarer Kaiserring
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"I think if you want to make art, at some point you have to suspend judgment, and you have to involve yourself with play and not worry about the outcome."
"You're competing against who came before and came after. You're just another stone in the wall, and if you make a contribution you're lucky."
"Don't start telling me buildings are works of art, because I don't buy it."
"With any work of art, what happens is if you're open to seeing it you probably have a sensation," he tells the talk show host, "and that sensation leads to an experience and that experience is private…"
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Timeline
1938
Born
Birth2024
Died
Death
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