“I’m using tons of steel to make the situation look lighter”.
Richard Serra
What a way to think about it. I have pondered this one a bit, this way and that, and can't really quite pin point what I think he might mean! Enigmatic perhaps?
Perhaps Richard Serra is suggesting that with the presence of huge amounts of steel; everything else is in sharp relief and that by virtue of the steel's heaviness; the rest appears lighter?
I can only think that he is referring to the space around the steel; the context in which the steel is placed, the counter space, or the negative space?
But then he refers to making the situation look lighter and I am left wondering all over again.
Whatever he meant here, I am grateful that he makes his work - stunning, inspirational, breathtaking and awesome. I have felt very restful and calm in the presence of his work; so perhaps that's all it is - he wants us to feel lighter...
Richard Serra, New York, 2013.
Richard Serra
What a way to think about it. I have pondered this one a bit, this way and that, and can't really quite pin point what I think he might mean! Enigmatic perhaps?
Perhaps Richard Serra is suggesting that with the presence of huge amounts of steel; everything else is in sharp relief and that by virtue of the steel's heaviness; the rest appears lighter?
I can only think that he is referring to the space around the steel; the context in which the steel is placed, the counter space, or the negative space?
But then he refers to making the situation look lighter and I am left wondering all over again.
Whatever he meant here, I am grateful that he makes his work - stunning, inspirational, breathtaking and awesome. I have felt very restful and calm in the presence of his work; so perhaps that's all it is - he wants us to feel lighter...
Richard Serra, New York, 2013.
his sense of line, weight and form hold such grace
ReplyDeleteIndeed - elegance adn grace...
DeleteF - maybe it is about the simplicity and as you say the space between and around the pieces. Beautiful work - rust and simple forms. B
ReplyDeleteThe quietness is in the space between I think...so beautiful and calm.
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