Inventory Magazine - Inventory Updates - Richard Serra – EarlyWork

Rest in peace, Richard Serra. “Obsession is what it comes down to. It is difficult to think without obsession, and it is impossible to create something without a foundation that is rigorous, incontrovertible, and, in tact, to some degree repetitive. Repetition is the ritual of obsession. Repetition is a way to jumpstart the indecision of beginning. To persevere and to begin over and over again is to continue the obsession with work. Work comes out of work. In order to work you must already be working.” — Richard Serra One of the most significant artists of his generation, Richard Serra (b. 1938, San Francisco) has produced large-scale, site-specific sculptures for architectural, urban, and landscape settings spanning the globe, from Iceland to New Zealand. In addition to his large-scale sculptures, Richard Serra has also produced a significant body of work on paper. His works on paper are an integral part of his artistic practice and provide insights into his exploration of form, weight, and spatial relationships in a two-dimensional format. His tilted walls of rusting steel, monumental blocks and other immense and inscrutable forms created environments that had to be walked through, or around, to be fully experienced.