Richard Serra at Gagosian

Richard Serra talks about his new exhibition, simply titled Sculpture, at Gagosian in London. The show consists of four large new steel works: two 'torqued toruses' (2007), a straight flat piece called (after the Portuguese poet and author) Fernando Pessoa (2007-8), and a labyrinth called Open Ended (2007-8) installed successfully after a mess at the steel mill and some frantic last minute cleaning. At the press conference, Serra spoke about how he wants to honour his material, steel, why he ignored architects advice to build pieces of this scale in concrete, and why he refutes notions of the sublime in his work.

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[distinct36]

the two pieces at LACMA are fucking EPIC!!!!!

[CstormCity]

are you fucking kidding dude? have you ever seen one in person? they are seriously incredible.

[neonaction]

gosh his sculptures wins the award "most boring-looking thing possible" hands down

[proust2020]

@ejdf870 Fair enough. I don't share your opinion of him but iIrespect your right to dislike him.

[ejdf870]

@proust2020 I didn't mean that YOU were trying to educate me, I was referring to Richard Serra trying to educate me about his work. Of course, he's not the only contemporary artist to do this, as this practice is rampant nowadays.

[proust2020]

@ejdf870 I'm not trying to educate you or anyone else. If you don't like or understand Serra's art that fine. I realize its not everyone's cup of tea.

[ejdf870]

@proust2020 You see, you just summarized everything that is wrong with so-called "contemporary art". It can't stand on its own two feet. Everything has to be "explained" and intellectualized. A great work of art should inspire on a VISUAL level- it is not literature or show and tell. How utterly pretentious that one should need some stuffy intellectual "educating" me about how great his work is.

[proust2020]

@ejdf870 If you had listened to Serra at all you would understand why what he does is Art and not just large sheets of steel. He is probably the best sculptor alive. It has nothing to do with Baby Boomer values, his concerns are sculptural and his perspective is art history.

[solidysnake1]

@ejdf870 haha yes. I agree! Richard Serra is a bullshit!

[ejdf870]

Only in this twisted modern-day world dominated by the values and sensibilities of the crass Baby Boomer generation could your "work" be considered 'art' by any stretch of the imagination, let alone it sell for millions.