Let's come right out with it: on the basis of his installation of one old and seven new
rolled steel sculptures at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, we can call Richard Serra not only the best sculptor alive, but the only great one at work anywhere in the early 21st century.
Not exact matches
If you view cars as giant
rolling sculptures, the Audi A7 for 2014 can safely be called a masterpiece in glass and
steel.
Serra's early
sculptures are minimalist constructions made from large
rolls and sheets of metal — Cor - Ten
Steel, fabricated in Germany and installed by Budco Enterprises.
The graphite, oilstick and collage drawings on view are the artist's largest to date and serve both as ends in themselves and as the basis for Venet's
rolled steel Arc
sculptures.
In 1995, he exhibited six large stainless
steel sculptures, they invoked metaphors of both the landscape and industry of the area, suggesting smokestack - filled factories and
rolling countryside.
Restaging a version of his earliest groundbreaking investigations in felt - which began in 1966 - our booth will be entirely occupied by a floor «distribution»
sculpture, comprised of
rolls of dark gray felt, aluminum rods, and
steel ball bearings - all of which are thoughtfully scattered across the ground.
Recognizable for their patina — Serra's favorite material is
rolled Cor - Ten
steel with an evenly rusted surface — as much as for their size,
sculptures like Torqued Ellipses (1996 - 1997) at the Dia: Beacon count among the previous century's most iconic artworks.
Its legs are
sculptured in cold -
rolled steel, resulting in the sofa's floating look.