Serra's earliest work was abstract and made from molten lead hurled in large splashes against the wall of a studio or exhibition space. Still, he is better known for his minimalist constructions from large rolls and sheets of metal.He has also long been acclaimed for his challenging and innovative work, which emphasizes the process of its fabrication, characteristics of materials, and an engagement with viewer and site. Many of these pieces are self-supporting and emphasize the weight and nature of the materials. When he began to produce work of his own, he was classified as a minimalist. Not any more. As the years have gone by, Serra's brutishly engaging steel sculptures have grown bigger and bigger.much of the pleasure resides in the fact that you can enter Serra's works and wander at your will.
Open Ended is different than any other piece. It's long, like a great, black beached whale, brutally felled, long and high-curving, lying on its side. When you enter, you go between two high, curving walls. To some people the piece sometimes allows you feel as if you, need to bend sideways in a strong wind as you walk. Then, after pacing steadfastly for what seems like a considerable distance, you come to an abrupt stop. The maze has suddenly turned back on itself, so you walk back in that same direction, except that this time the walls lean differently, and the width of the tunnel-like space along which you are walking has now changed to something narrower and more claustrophobic. When you get the exit you come back to a bright world. When you are touring inside this piece it is as if you are in a whole other dark world.
Torqued Ellipses seem to defy gravity and logic, making solid metal appear as malleable as felt. Shifting in unexpected ways as viewers walk in and around them, the sculpture create surprising experiences of space and balance, and provoke a dizzying sensation of steel and space in motion.The installation is one of the great works of the past half-century, the culmination of a remarkable fruition in Serra's career.
What did i think of his work? I can't view the pieces without wondering how they are fabricated. More significant, the essay he writes help you understand how his experience in walking through zen gardens in Kyoto forced him to consider works that only unfold as you move through them. While these works need no explication to be fully enjoyed, the materials in his book do enrich the experience and will certainly tempt you to view the works, a temptation that is well worth indulging. I really liked his work and the inspirations where he got them. I have never seen any artwork like this before. He uses his own ideas. His artwork is above the human size and it is very cool.
Sara, at this point you should have at least twelve weekly entries, and roughly about five artist entries completed. Evidently you have not fufilled these requirements at this point, I would advise you to pick up the pace. Also, please do not copy written information from webpages to fill up your artist entries, I want to know what you think and why. You need to be writing about three times the amount that you actually are. thanks!
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