Richard Serra's work explores form and matter through his iconic steel sculptures and abstract drawings. His unique use of black paintstick conveys optical weight, mirroring the physical presence of his sculptures. The 2022 exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery showcased his largest forged round and inky drawings, inviting personal engagement with his art.
Prints 1972–2022
A half-century of adventures in printmaking, from screen prints to etchings, by the great virtuoso of monumental sculpture Richard Serra (born 1938) began making prints as early as 1972. For the past five decades he has consistently pursued the myriad possibilities of printmaking and created a graphic oeuvre as concentrated as it is rich and diverse. Even if the relationship between Serra's prints and his sculptural works cannot be denied--the exploration of form, establishing and testing the tension between positive and negative space, the dialogue between two- and three-dimensionality--the prints are an autonomous form of expression with their own themes and creative approaches, such as his innovative use of oil-stick ink to create a surface that both absorbs and reflects light. This catalogue raisonné offers a complete survey of 50 years of Serra's graphic work--including lithographs, screen prints and etchings--and situates it in the broader context of his artistic practice.
Renowned American sculptor Richard Serra has amassed an extensive collection of notebooks and sketchbooks throughout his career, now filling a library in his studio. These notebooks contain delicate sketches from his travels, landscapes, architecture, and concepts that evolved into mature sculptures and drawings. Serra has selected ten of his sketchbooks for reproduction in facsimile, including two created in Iceland in 1989 and a recent one from Qatar. The collection features various notable works, such as sketches of Machu Picchu steps from 1972, basalt columns from Svartifoss in 1989, and the Saqqara pyramid from 1990. Other highlights include the Schunnemonk Fork from 1991, Snake Eyes and Boxcars from 1993, and Torqued Ellipses from 2005. The set also includes sketches from the Promenade at Grand Palais in 2008 and the East-West/West-East installation in Qatar from 2014. These ten facsimile books are housed together in a wooden crate, with a limited edition of 1,000 signed and numbered boxed sets available. Each book showcases Serra's artistic journey and creative process, offering a unique glimpse into his world.
Famed for his works of physicality compounded by breathtaking size and weight, Richard Serra is one of the artists at the forefront of contemporary sculpture. He has exhibited extensively throughout the world and has created numerous permanent site-specific sculptures in public and private venues. This book accompanies Serra's sculpture project Dirk's Pod , one of the artist's major site-specific works realised in the last few years, and conceived for the Novartis Campus in Basel/Switzerland. Serra dedicated this sculpture to his friend of many years, the photographer Dirk Reinartz who died in Spring 2004. Reinartz had documented the entire production process of the sculptural elements in a series of magnificent photographs included in this book. Installation photographs and views of the finished sculpture were made by Nic Tenwiggenhorn.
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