Böcker av Richard Serra

A studious view of Richard Serra’s recently premiered forged steel sculpture and new drawings using his trademark paintstick technique“Enigmatic, arresting, audacious: Richard Serra now and forever” —The Brooklyn Rail Richard Serra’s hugely successful body of work consistently explores the possibilities of form and matter. Serra’s steel sculptures are held in major collections internationally, and his drawings assert themselves as abstract victories. Through the use of black paintstick—a combination of oil paint, wax, and pigment to which he has been faithful since 1971—Serra’s drawings convey a strong sense of optical weight, acutely similar to the physical presence of his sculptures. 2022, the artist’s largest single forged round to date, investigates properties of weight and scale. While the exhibition allowed viewers to encounter Serra’s immense forged round and inky drawings in relation to their own space and bodies, the catalogue is a venue for intimate engagement with Serra’s works through stunning reproductions

Throughout his career, the renown American sculptor RichardSerra has kept a large number of notebooks which by now fill an entire library in his studio. Contained within them aredelicate sketches of his travels, of landscapes, architecture and of other ideas, some of which the artist developed into mature sculptures and drawings. Serra has personally selected three of his notebooks, two of which made in Iceland in 1989 and a very recent one from Qatar, which are reproduced here in facsimile.Book 1 Iceland, 1989: 26 × 34.5 cm, 40 pages, Brown Florentine bindingBook 2 Afangar, Videy Island, Iceland, 1989, 14.7 × 9.3 cm, 280 pages, Black marbled bindingBook 3 East-West / West-East, Qatar, 2014: 9.5 × 12.5 cm, 174 pages, LeatherboundHoused together in a cardboard box. Limited edition of 1000 with Arabic numbers and 50 épreuves d'artiste. Signed and numbered by Richard Serra.

A publication that focuses on the early work of Richard Serra, one of the most influential artists working today. It includes works that represent the beginning of the artists innovative, process-oriented experiments with non-traditional materials, such as vulcanized rubber, neon, and lead, in addition to key early examples of his work in steel.

From essays like "Extended Notes from Sight Point Road" to Serra's extended commentary on the "Tilted Arc" fiasco, the pieces in this volume comprise a document of one artist's engagement with the practical, philosophical and political problems of art.