See more ideas about richard serra, serra, richard. He has exhibited extensively in major museums and exhibitions throughout the world, and has created sitespecific sculptures for both public and private venues in north america and europe. His first solo museum exhibition was held at the pasadena art museum in 1970. Approaching serras art according to its relationship to space leads to the most infamous. This catalog of a retrospective exhibition at new york citys museum of modern art moma is a firstrate visual and intellectual survey of richard serra s b. Forty years rare moma exhibition first edition hardcover art book is an incredibly special book to add to your library collection. The museum of modern art celebrating 85 years of service to the film and education community, the circulating film and video library holds the unusual position of providing access. In the early 1960s, serra and the minimalist artists of his generation turned to unconventional, industrial materials and began. Like so many contemporary artists whose work is monumental, serras seems perfect for an outdoor show. One of the titans of modern art, richard serra, best known for his monumenal steel sculptures, is to have his first solo exhibition in britain since 1992. Serra is still nudging the language of abstraction.
From humble masterpieces to transformative technologies, theres something for everyone. Welcome to moma design store, where you will find classics of yesterday and today. Richard serra at the metropolitan museum artnet magazine. Major richard serra retrospective at moma surveys 40 years of sculpture by one of the preeminent artists of our era exhibition features three new monumental works on view.
Richard serra sculpture at moma intersection 22007 40 years of work. Jun 01, 2007 the richard serra retrospective, opening sunday, arrives at the museum of modern art virtually a foregone matter, in the way that picasso and matisse shows arrived in the old days. A creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel sculptures that both terrify and mesmerize, serra believes that each viewer creates the sculpture for themselves by. Richard serra, to lift, vulcanized rubber 36 x 80 x 60 inches. Instead of this unpleasant and indeed unthinkable prospect, the museum has turned over its book on richard serra to two authorsrosalind e. Afangar icelandic series is the first exhibition of richard serra s most ambitious set of prints to date, more than a dozen heavily encrusted etchings that the artist calls intaglio constructions. Moma ps1 and the museum of modern art formalized their affiliation in january 2000. Take at san francisco moma of richard serras sequence. Richard serra to lift 1967 not on view in the mid1960s serra began experimenting with nontraditional materials including fiberglass, neon, vulcanized rubber, and, later, lead. The art of richard serra is internationally admired for its powerful material qualities and its searching exploration of the relationship between the work, the viewer and the site. Studies in modern art 7 by irwin, robert, holl, steven, murray, elizabeth, serra, richard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available. Serra, richard richard serra artist page with links to monographs, museum exhibition catalogs, criticism, catalogues raisonnes, related publications, and.
Rather than concern himself with images, serra studies form, including its mass, weight, ability to delineate space, and the ways it behaves under the pressures of gravity. The richard serra retrospective, opening sunday, arrives at the museum of. Installing richard serra at moma art the new york times. Forty years june 3september 10, 2007 the international council of the museum of modern art gallery, sixth floor.
Forty years is a major exhibition of 27 works that span the artists careerfrom his early experiments with materials such as rubber, neon, and lead, to monumental. Featuring artists from moma s collection, these posters are printed on high quality acidfree poster paper and many include the artists name and artwork caption. Forty years, on view at the museum of modern art, would be an ideal pedagogical tool. He was fortunate to have parents who found it worthwhile to nurture the budding talent of richard and they often took him to art museums and made his drawings. Approaching serras art according to its relationship to space leads to the most infamous work of his career, and indeed one of the most important debates about public sculpture in 20thcentury art history. Its a momentous event, if only because the museum seems determined to play a role in todays global art scene, and so it better figure out how to properly present th. Jul 01, 2007 the momas retrospective, richard serra sculpture. Quite simply the most complete view to date of the work of one of the most.
Richard serra book stationery modern masters modern materials museum of modern art moma the book new art new books this richard serra sculpture. From gagosian, richard serra, inside out 20, weatherproof steel, 158. Kynaston mc shine, kynaston mcshine, richard serra, lynne cooke, museum of modern art new york, n. May 04, 2007 richard serra s torqued ellipse iv 1998 and intersection ii 1992 being installed in the abby aldrich rockefeller sculpture garden at the museum of modern art in preparation for richard serra. Richard serra, born in 1939 in san francisco, california, began his life as a gifted child. Forty years rare moma exhibition first edition hardcover art book is an incredibly special book. Gift of sidney and harriet janis by exchange, enid a. While at yale, serra proofed albers book interaction of color 1963. Jun 06, 2007 at serras opening dinner, the president of momas board of trustees, mariejosee kravis, mused to a crowd of more than 500, richard, we built this for you.
Forty years rare moma exhibition first edition hardcover art book is an incredibly special book to add to your l. He lives and works in tribeca, new york and on the north fork, long island. Since the 1960s, the sculptor richard serra has explored the basic properties of his medium through the most straightforward yet extraordinary means. Richard serra, with current shows at three branches of the gagosian gallery, is our great sculptor, like it or not. Catalogue edited and introduced by laura rosenstock. Richard serra at the museum of modern art too much art. Forty years is a major exhibition of 27 works that span the artists careerfrom his early experiments with materials such as rubber, neon, and lead, to monumental pieces of his late career and three new sculptures being exhibited for the first time. His new work consists, at one gallery, of a nearly. The work of richard serra art and design the guardian. When the richard serra sculpture sequence debuted as the door greeter at the new howard street entrance to the san francisco museum of modern art in 2016, it sat in its own. On richard serrasculpture at the museum of modern art. Made to celebrate the twentyfifth anniversary of gemini g.
Snake with images richard serra, serra, guggenheim museum. Jan 21, 2009 richard serra sculpture at moma intersection 22007 40 years of work. Serra has transformed the museum from a building full of stuff thats good for you into a gargantuan playground of sloping corridors, towering hideaways and places to ditch your friends. One of the preeminent sculptors of our era, richard serra american, b. Richard serra born november 2, 1938 is an american artist involved in the process art. Serra argues that sculpture on a pedestal subjugates the viewer. He has written about the formative experience of watching the launching of the huge steel tankers, in which balance and buoyancy were dramatically tested. Richard serra was born in san francisco in 1939 and received his bfa and mfa at yale university.
Richard serra, intersection ii, 199293, weatherproof steel, four identical conical sections. Matisses the swimming pool, monets water lilies, richard serras equal, each fortyton block requiring reinforcements in the floor. Serra studied at the university of california, berkeley, and worked. Richard serras torqued ellipse iv 1998 and intersection ii 1992 being installed in the abby aldrich rockefeller sculpture garden at the. Forty years exhibition brochure, june 3september 10, 2007. Over four eveningsjanuary 27 and february 3, 7, and 9harvard film archive will screen richard. Works from the collection feature a moma logo in the footer. Jan 01, 2007 the art of richard serra is internationally admired for its powerful material qualities and its searching exploration of the relationship between the work, the viewer and the site. Major richard serra retrospective at moma surveys 40 years of sculpture by one of the preeminent artists of our era exhibition features three new monumental works on view for the first time richard serra sculpture. A handsome book bringing together serras drawn work as the focal point of numerous highprofile exhibitions, the sculpture of richard serra b. He has exhibited extensively in major museums and exhibitions throughout the world, and.
If you are planning a visit to sfmoma to see a specific work of art, we. He has written about the formative experience of watching the launching of the huge steel. See other works by richard serra please note that artwork locations are subject to change, and not all works are on view at all times. In verblist, he compiled a series of what he called actions to relate to oneself, material, place, and process. A native of san francisco, richard serra grew up visiting the marine shipyards where his father worked as a pipe fitter. Richard serra is one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, and his work is presented in the worlds best museums and collections. Serra was born in san francisco and he went on to study english literature at the university of california, berkeley and. New york city, which owns the moma ps1 building, endorsed the merger. It was really very attractive for us that its been published by moma where the retrospective of forty years of his works was exhibited. Serra has talked at length about the central place this languagebased drawing occupies in the development of his early sculptural practice. It was the firstever exhibition in bilbao dedicated exclusively to. Indeed, since his emergence in the mid1960s, serra is widely understood to have radicalized and extended the very definition of sculpture. He was the second born son of the three boys of tony and gladys serra. Man of steel on tuesday november 25, 2008 which described him as sculptor and giant of modern art richard serra discusses his extraordinary life and work.
The first edition hardcover book surveys and explores the sculptural artworks and theory of the great modern master sculptor richard serra. Featuring artists from momas collection, these posters are printed on high quality acidfree poster paper and many include the artists name and artwork caption. Studies in modern art 7 by irwin, robert, holl, steven, murray, elizabeth, serra, richard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Over four eveningsjanuary 27 and february 3, 7, and 9harvard film archive will screen richard serras films and videos, drawn from the collections of the museum of modern art, new york. How richard serra changed the course of public art artsy. Richard serra born november 2, 1938 is an american artist involved in the process art movement. January 27february 9, 2020 harvard film archive, cambridge, massachusetts. The book gives you the great chance of a total glance to his sculptures throughout years. Serra was in jasper johnss studio, preparing to make a splashedlead piece. Aug 08, 2008 one of the titans of modern art, richard serra, best known for his monumenal steel sculptures, is to have his first solo exhibition in britain since 1992. This catalog of a retrospective exhibition at new york citys museum of modern art moma is a firstrate visual and intellectual survey of richard serras b. Major richard serra retrospective at moma surveys 40 years of. Krauss and douglas crimp, coeditor and managing editor, respectively, of october magazinewho, for the most part, completely ignore the exhibition which moma has mounted on this occasion and offer the.
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