Richard Serra
American sculptor (1938–2024)
Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 – March 26, 2024) was an American artist.
Richard Serra | |
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 Richard Serra portrayed 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 | Process Art |
| Spouse(s) |
Clara Weyergraf
(m. 1981) |
He had his first solo exhibitions at the Galleria La Salita, Rome, 1966, and in the United States at the Leo Castelli Warehouse, New York. The Pasadena Art Museum organized a solo exhibition of Serra's work in 1970.
Serra been part of Documentas 5 (1972), 6 (1977), 7 (1982), and 8 (1987), in Kassel, the Venice Biennales of 1984 and 2001, and the Whitney Museum of American Art's Annual and Biennial exhibitions of 1968, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1981, and 1995.[1]
In 2005 eight major works by Serra were added permanently at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.[2]
Serra died from pneumonia at his home in Orient, New York, on March 26, 2024, at the age of 85.[3]
References
change- ↑ Artist Biography: Richard Serra Archived November 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Dia Art Foundation, New York.
- ↑ Richard Serra Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Guggenheim Museum.
- ↑ "Richard Serra, Who Recast Sculpture on a Massive Scale, Dies at 85". The New York Times. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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