American sculptor Richard Serra, who became famous especially for his giant rusting constructions, has died. He was 85 years old. This was reported by The New York Times with reference to the sculptor’s legal representative.
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6:32 am March 27, 2024
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Tilted Arc, a wall of rusting steel, awaiting removal March 11, 1989 – Federal Plaza, Manhattan, New York | Photo: Mario Cabrera/AP Photo | Source: Profimedia
Serra died Tuesday at his home in New York state of pneumonia, The New York Times reported.
The sculptor exhibited in important American and international galleries. His works often stood out for their gigantic dimensions rather than their detailed sophistication. From an artistic point of view, he was considered a minimalist, Reuters wrote. He mainly created from industrial materials, with the most typical material for him being steel plates, which he allowed to rust in the open air.
Serra was born in San Francisco in 1938 to a Spanish father and a Russian mother. As a child, he often visited the shipyards where his father worked. Later, he himself worked in a steel factory, which influenced his later work.
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He came to public attention mainly thanks to the controversial 36-meter-long and 3.6-meter-high Tilted Arc installation, which was placed in New York’s Federal Plaza in 1981.
According to supporters, the work transformed public space and shifted the concept of sculpture, while critics considered it hideous. After a heated public debate, the statue was removed in 1989.
In 2005, eight major works by Serra were exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in Spain.
Spanish sculptor and exhibition curator Carmen Jiménez said of him at the time, according to the AP agency, that he was “undoubtedly the most important living sculptor”.
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