Richard Serra
(United States of America 02 Nov 1939– )
- Title
- Plate, pole, prop
- Year
- 1969
1983 - Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- hot rolled steel
- Dimensions
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240.0 x 240.0 x 100.0cm installed:
a - plate; 240 x 240cm; diam.
b - pole; 20cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation and the Ruth Komon Bequest in memory of Rudy Komon 2011
- Accession number
- 340.2011.a-b
- Copyright
- © Richard Serra. ARS/Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Richard Serra is a New York Minimalist who emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s. Typical of that movement he uses industrial materials in simple unmodified modules as does Carl Andre. Contrary to the commonly held view that Minimalism is without emotion or feeling it is the physical properties of the object that affect the viewer. The emotion expressed is not that of the artist but that of the viewer encountering the object. The sheer massiveness of the steel that leans heavily against the wall makes us doubly conscious of the effects of gravity. The work incorporates the wall and the floor as essential components heightening the experience of fundamental vertical and horizontal planes and of their interaction with gravity.
- Bibliography (4)
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'Rehang of Level 2 June 2012' by Anthony Bond, pg.28-30, Look May 2012, May 2012, 31.
'We have a Richard Serra' by Anthony Bond, pg.30-31, Look Feb 2012, Feb 2012, 30 (colour illus.), 31.
Gagosian Gallery, London (England) (Author), Living, Looking, Making: Sculpture by Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra, 2007, 88 (colour illus.).
Christie's New York (United States of America) (Author), Christie’s New York - Post war and Contemporary Art, 14 May 2002, (colour illus.). lot.17
- Exhibition history (2)
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Living, Looking, Making: Sculpture by Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra, Gagosian Gallery, London, 26 Mar 2007–19 May 2007.
RSTW, Manarat Al Saadiyat, 22 Sep 2010–24 Jan 2011.
