Richard Serra
American sculptor (1938ā2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 ā March 26, 2024) was an American artist.
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Richard Serra | |
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Born | (1938-11-02)November 2, 1938 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | March 26, 2024(2024-03-26) (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) | Nancy Graves (m. 1965; div. 1970) Clara Weyergraf (m. 1981) |
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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]