Richard Serra Dead: Minimalist Sculptor Was 85
Richard Serra, the artist known for sculpting monumental steel works, has died. His jarring, site-specific works made him a landmark figure of the minimalist movement.
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Richard Serra, the artist known for sculpting monumental steel works, has died. His jarring, site-specific works made him a landmark figure of the minimalist movement.
Famed American artist and sculptor Richard Serra has died. He is known for turning curving walls of rusting steel and other malleable materials into large-scale pieces of outdoor artwork.
His strikingly large pieces are installed all over the world, from Paris museums to the Qatari desert, and have sometimes sparked controversy over their imposing nature.
Famed American artist and sculptor Richard Serra died of pneumonia on Tuesday at his home in Long Island, N.Y. He was 85.
Sculptor Richard Serra, whose massive rusted-steel works transformed physical and psychological space, died on March 26 at his home in Orient, New York, of pneumonia. He was eighty-five.