RICHARD SERRA hand catching lead

[haybyw]

ammm ok soooo what up with this

[sootyfoots]

from photographs I always thought the work used molten lead

[imsmenoo]

@sootyfoots 621.43 °F is the melting point for lead. No one catches molten lead unless they want to lose their arm.

[turbotonic27]

and so what ?

[JaxHad]

Neat stuff

[MattHulseFilmTheatre]

Beautiful telecine.

[kirillkolomyts]

interesting, but this video doesn't need music.

[skaterjedeon]

fuck you!

[solidysnake1]

What is it trying to say?

I'm not intelligent enough to tell.

[raeplolz]

C-CANCER

[tharrup]

Ok, I didn't look very hard! Just found it. Called Hands Scraping.

[tharrup]

Great video. I saw it in Berlin along with another of hands picking sawdust off the floor. That one's not on Youtube tho.

[44eelz]

i dream about weird stuff like this sometimes...

good to see it made into an art piece

[gjazz22]

Crap this is the kind of misplaced arts experience that turns the public against art. Cold Fascist disconnected is what comes to mind.

[pbresing]

Strange. I actually think his sculptures are what turns the public against art.

[Seplophobic]

@pbresing: Serra's sculptures are meant to make art an experience rather than just something to look at. If you mean his works are controversial then I'd argue that in this field, discord is ideal. It sparks dialogue and eventually new ideas. And whether you like it or not, Richard Serra's work has made you think about art in a different way. That's been his intention all along.

[pbresing]

I think like to think of his sculptures as a place of entry for the body. There is a physical aspect to being surrounded by all that metal that creates it's own separate space for contemplating how terrible they are.

[Seplophobic]

Exactly! I'm glad you understand. Have a nice day.

[UserRED13]

@pbresing Do the masses really hate art?

[pbresing]

@UserRED13 the masses love art. thus the wide-spread proliferation of art museums. people like to look at stuff. I would prefer it if I did not have to look at Serra's awful sculptures. If and when the chance comes up to look at his video work in greater depth, I will merrily oblige. it appears do be diverting.

[Seplophobic]

@pbresing People like to look at stuff, but thinking about it is too much work. Is art about pretty pictures that make you happy or is art about depicting life as one experiences it? I like looking at his sculptures in the same way I like looking at large steel buildings: I admire the construction and process. The looming, ugly steel may make those pretty pictures I was talking about seem a bit more colorful, but also a bit less 'real'.

[nowickia0509]

@pbresing -- What is it that you don't like about his sculptures? They envelop the body and the process, and are about a visceral feeling. If you don't get that when you go see his sculptures then your clearly not in tune with yourself.

[fablan6]

@nowickia0509 So whoever doesn't like a bunch of hugeass metalic pillars backed up by words words words and more words from the guy who made them and frantically tried to put some intellectual gravity behind his creations because his "artwork" wasn't enough by itself alone (of course) and he knew that, is not in tune with him/her self? I think not.

[calavera999]

The mechanical movement of the arm is fantastic, The stress his arm experiances is interesting to watch too.

[kupazmaslemutube]

WTF suck

[GroupieArt]

excellent material, it's really indispensable to see it

[EGI313]

Nice stuff.

[basework]

This is an excellent performance by Richard Serra and a great video by the director Gerry Schumm.

[NatyS86]

Thank you for uploading this!!

[nikela0s]

wow, I'm so happy to have found this on youtube. thanks so much!

[doomedforever8]

serra the great!

[PedragSPASIC]

Este no se atreve a comentarlo nadie eh??? jajajajaja