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American artist Richard Serra, whose monumental abstract sculptures transformed museums, public parks and even entire landscapes, has died aged 85.

US artist was known for imposing minimalist works from the Qatar desert to museums in Paris.

Famed American artist and sculptor Richard Serra has died at his home in Long Island, New York, at the age of 85

At once aloof and inviting, his gargantuan and often controversial sculptures draw viewers in for an experience of the sublime.

On Tuesday, March 26, the interdisciplinary sculptor died at his Long Island home in Orient, New York, at age 85.

Richard Serra was considered one of his generation's most preeminent sculptors,known for his large-scale steel structures that he shaped into many forms.

US artist Richard Serra, known for enormous steel sculptures, dead at 85.

Amed American artist and sculptor Richard Serra, known for turning curving walls of rusting steel and other malleable materials into large-scale pieces of outdoor artwork that are now dotted across the world, has died at his home in Long Island, New York. Richard Serra Dies: Famed American Sculptor, the ‘Poet of Iron’, Has Died at 85 in New York.

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

Serras "Twain," featuring slightly curved pieces of steel arranged to form a skewed triangle in the Gateway Mall in downtown St. Louis, has been the subject of controversy for decades.