Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 – March 26, 2024). Who Recast Sculpture on a Massive Scale, Dies at 85. His walls of rusting steel, monumental blocks and other immense forms created environments that had to be walked through, or around, to be fully experienced.

Richard Serra, Who Recast Sculpture on a Massive Scale, Dies at 85

His walls of rusting steel, monumental blocks and other immense forms created environments that had to be walked through, or around, to be fully experienced.

Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 – March 26, 2024) was an American artist known for his large-scale sculptures made for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings. Described as "one of his era’s greatest sculptors", Serra became notable for emphasizing the material qualities of his works and exploration of the relationship between the viewer, the work, and the site.^[1]

1970年、第10回日本国際美術展「人間と物質」（東京ビエンナーレ）で上野公園内に埋めた円環状の作品「反転し合う直角、ヘクサグラムの基礎板を取り囲むために」は会期後、上野公園整備事業で掘り起こされたが、有志の学生らの手により多摩美術大学・八王子キャンパスに移動、再展示された。^[2]1981年にはマンハッタンの連邦ビル前広場に代表作となる「傾いた弧」を設置したが、パブリックアートをめぐる景観論争が起こってこの作品は8年後に撤去されている^[1]。

1994年に第6回高松宮殿下記念世界文化賞彫刻部門^[1]、2010年にアストゥリアス皇太子賞芸術部門を受賞。

2024年3月26日にニューヨーク州オリエントの自宅で肺炎により死去^[3]。85歳没^[4]。

Richard Serra

Richard Serra photographed by Oliver Mark, Siegen 2005
Born November 2, 1938

San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died March 26, 2024 (aged 85)

Orient, New York, U.S.
Nationality American
Education University of California, Berkeley (attended)
University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 1961)
Yale University (B.F.A. 1962, M.F.A. 1964)
Movement Minimalism, Process Art
Spouses

Nancy Graves
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​(m. 1965; div. 1970)​
Clara Weyergraf
​(m. 1981)​
Bramme for the Ruhr-District, 1998 at EssenSea Level (South-west part), Zeewolde, Netherlands




Very Sad Day, the most talented artist, the Master Sculptor-Richard Serra passed away. What a loss in the Art World, RIP

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Richard Serra, Who Recast Sculpture on a Massive Scale, Dies at 85