Thursday, September 24, 2015

Richard Serra "to lift"

Richard Serra, "To Lift," 1967. Vulcanized rubber 36 x 80 x 60 inches. Courtesy David Zwirner Gallery. Photo by Peter Moore © 2013 Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

One of Richards early works when he began to experiment with different materials such as fiberglass, neon, and rubber. This piece is made of rubber recovered from a warehouse in lower Manhattan. Serras' influence for this piece was allowing the piece to take a unique response to the action verb " to lift". Serra wondered what if you just enacted the verbs he compiled in relation to a material and didn't worry about the results.


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