Richard Serra (1938–2024) was an influential American artist known for his large-scale abstract sculptures. His work is primarily associated with Post-minimalism and often created for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings. Serra’s sculptures are monumental, imposing, and provoke a visceral response from viewers.
Serra’s artistic journey was marked by intellectual challenges. He often had to forge the steel himself because factories couldn’t achieve the tolerances he demanded. His sculptures compel us to consider the forces of gravity that hold forms together in our surroundings. His legacy extends beyond his art; he was known for his intense focus, restless mind, and insistence on pushing boundaries.
Serra experimented with video in the early 1970s and produced numerous short films. His significant steel sculptures were manufactured in German steelworks, leading him to refer to the Ruhr industrial area as his "true studio”.
Richard Serra 'Hand Catching Lead' (1968)
Richard Serra 'Splashing' (1968)
Richard Serra 'Verb List' (1967-68)
Richard Serra 'Strike: To Roberta and Rudy' (1969-71)
Richard Serra 'Abstract Slavery' (1974)
Richard Serra 'Terminal' (1977)
Richard Serra 'Clara-Clara' (1983)
Richard Serra 'Afangar (Stations, Stops on the Road, To Stop and Look: Forward and Back, To Take It All In)' (1990)
Richard Serra 'Torqued Ellipses' Dia Centre for the Arts, New York (1996-98)
Richard Serra 'out-of-round X' (1999)
Richard Serra 'Te Tuhirangi Countour' (2000-01)
Richard Serra 'Elevational Mass' (2006)
Richard Serra 'Promenade' (2008)
Richard Serra 'Backdoor Pipeline' (2010)
Richard Serra 'Elevational Weights, Black Matter' (2010)
Richard Serra '7' (2011)
Richard Serra 'Double Rift #5' (2012)
Richard Serra 'Inside Out' (2013)
Richard Serra 'East-West/West-East' (2014)
Richard Serra 'Through' (2015)
Richard Serra 'Ramble 4-26' (2015)
Richard Serra 'Ramble 3-6' (2015)
Richard Serra 'Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure' (2016)
Richard Serra 'NJ-2' (2016)
Richard Serra 'Reverse Curve' (2005/19)
Richard Serra 'Nine' (2019)
Richard Serra 'Triptych #9' (2019)
Richard Serra 'Transmitter' (2020)
