See our Get the latest news on the events, trends, and people that shape the global art market with our daily newsletter.©2020 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. He believes art should be for its own sake. Richard Serra (born November 2, 1938) is an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large-scale assemblies of sheet metal. The illustrated text Incidentes Melódicos del Mundo Irracional (“Melodic incidents of an irrational world”) contains 40 original engravings by Leopoldo Mendez. How people move in relation to space, that's essentially what I'm up to,” he has said.
(1,528 results) Richard Serra was born in San Francisco in 1938. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. View Richard Serra’s 1,525 artworks on artnet. In 1964, he graduated from Yale University with both a BFA and an MFA. In the early 1970s he drew primarily with charcoal, and lithographic crayon on paper.In the mid-1970s, Serra made his first "Installation Drawings" — monumental works on canvas or linen pinned directly to the wall and thickly covered with black paintstick, such as Major presentations of Serra's graphic oeuvre include exhibitions at the Serra's work can be found in many international public and private collections, including the In 1975, Serra received the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture.
See available prints and multiples, works on paper, and paintings for sale and learn about the artist. Important art by Richard Serra with artwork analysis, influences, achievement, and overall contribution to the arts. “It's all about centralizing the space in different ways. Instead, he believes the materials represent themselves. He lives and works in Tribeca, New York and on the North Fork, Long Island. Around 1970, Serra shifted his activities outdoors, focusing on large-scale site-specific sculpture.Serra usually begins a sculpture by making a small maquette (or model) from flat plates at an inch-to-foot ratio: a 40-foot piece will start as a 40-inch model.Serra's first larger commissions were mostly realized outside the United States. Richard Serra: Triptychs and Diptychs, Forged Rounds, Reverse Curve is available for online reading from June 14 through July 13 as part of the From the Library series. Richard Serra (born November 2, 1938) is an American artist involved in the Process Art Movement.
Richard Serra Housed in a slipcase, this two-volume set documents Serra’s three concurrent 2019 New York exhibitions, which presented five new sculptures and more than twenty drawings by the artist.
Serra rejects that art represents the artist’s emotions or intellect. He lives and works in Tribeca, New York, and on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.
Richard Serra is a contemporary Minimalist artist known for his monumental steel sculptures. In 1966, Serra made his first sculptures out of nontraditional materials such as Serra began in 1969 to be primarily concerned with the cutting, propping or stacking of lead sheets, rough timber, etc., to create structures, some very large, supported only by their own weight. He was awarded the Goslarer Kaiserring in 1981, and in 1991, he won the Serra was awarded honorary degrees of Doctor of Fine Arts by Only a few of Serra's top auction prices are for sculpture; the rest are for his works on paper.
Serra continues to produce large-scale steel structures for sites throughout the world, and has become particularly renowned for his monumental arcs, spirals, and ellipses, which engage the viewer in an altered experience of space. Serra was involved in the Process Art Movement. 5. In 2001, an untitled, 1984 curved steel wall was sold for $1.2 million at Owners, whether individuals or museums, are prohibited from moving or altering his work without his permission. Moreover, a collector cannot offer a work for sale to another collector without offering it to Serra first.Serra's older brother is the famed San Francisco trial attorney Cooke, Lynne, "Thinking on your feet: Richard Serra's Sculptures in Landscape" in Hilarie M. Sheets (March 27, 2009), Decking the Halls - Susan and Jeff Brotman have hung their stellar collection in a light-filled house, After studying at the University of California at Berkeley and at Santa Barbara, he graduated in 1961 with a BA in English literature. artnet and our partners use cookies to provide features on our sites and applications to improve your online experience, including for analysis of site usage, traffic measurement, and for advertising and content management. All rights reserved. In particular, he has explored the effects of torqued forms in a series of single and double-torqued ellipses.Another famous work of Serra's is the mammoth sculpture In spring 2005, Serra returned to San Francisco to install his first public work, Serra was one of the four performers in the premiere of the Since 1971, Serra has made large-scale drawings on handmade Hiromi paper or Belgian linen using various techniques. His intention is to create a first-hand experience of space, weight, and gravity. Early life and education. The monumental sculptures of Richard Serra, one of the preeminent sculptors of the 20th century, emphasize or alter viewers' perceptions of space and proportion. During this time, he began working in steel mills in order to support himself.