“Promenade was totally driven by the context. The internal relationships of measurement and placement related to the central axis of the site. The placement of the rectangular plates followed a strict logic in that the plates tilted away and towards the center line in an asymmetrical counterpoint. However, the perception of the sculpture contradicts the logic of its relation to the site. As you walk inbetween the plates you see fragments, you see the work in part, you cannot grasp the whole.” WholeLinesWalksPerceptionLogicRelationDrivenRelatedInternalsPlatesSiteStrictSculptureFragmentsMeasurementAxesPlacementPromenade Author:Richard Serra
“I think different people have different problems and different relations to the exhibition of their work.” PeopleThinkingDifferentProblemRelationDifferent PeoplesExhibitionsThink Different Author:Richard Serra
“Time and movement became really crucial to how I deal with what I deal with - not only sight and boundary, but how one walks through a piece, and what one feels and registers in terms of one's own body in relation to another body.” FeelsBodyTermWalksDealsPiecesMovementSightRelationBoundariesCrucialRegister Author:Richard Serra
“Basically, what you really want to do is try to engage the viewer's body relation to his thinking and walking and looking, without being overly heavy-handed about it.” ThinkingWantTryingBodyWalkingRelationHeavyEngagementViewersWalking Away Author:Richard Serra
“I think you always have to find where the boundary is in relation to the context in order to be able to kind of articulate how you want the space to interact with the viewer.” ThinkingWantKindAbleOrderSpaceRelationBoundariesViewers Author:Richard Serra