Richard Serra, known for monumental steel sculptures, dies at the age of 85
Al Jazeera
US artist was known for imposing minimalist works from the Qatar desert to museums in Paris.
United States artist Richard Serra, known across the world for his monumental steel sculptures, has died. He was 85.
The artist died from pneumonia at his home in Long Island, New York on Tuesday, his lawyer John Silberman told The New York Times.
Serra’s colossal works are installed all over the world, from Paris museums to the Qatari desert where four giant steel plates, each 14 metres high, are positioned over a distance of one kilometre (0.62 miles).
“This is the most fulfilling thing I’ve ever done,” Serra said at the time of the sculpture known as East-West/West-East. “It’s a piece that I’d really like to be seen.”
Born in San Francisco in 1938 to a Spanish father and Russian mother, Serra grew up visiting the shipyards where his father worked.
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