Dear Shaded Viewers,
“It’s not about the oeuvre, it is about the experience.” Richard Serra
Last week when I went to the opening for Monumenta 2008:Richard Serra Promenade, Mr. Serra told us that the best time to view the exhibition was at night. Of course, he is right, there is something about the power of the sculpture in the darkness that is lost in bright daylight.
The five steel plates that vertically fill the volume of the Grand Palais measure 4 m wide, 17 m high and 5 1/2 inches deep. The nave of the Grand Palais is 45 meters high at its center.
_”Form in itself does not have a value. I am interested in how forms metamorphose into other forms.” Richard Serra
“A difference between architecture and sculpture – gravity has a force which every sculptor has to contend with.” “Gravity is a force which I’ve employed ever since I built a house of cards.”
“I do not subscribe to Formalism, form is an evolving language, invention of form allows us to perceive.” Richard Serra
“The subject matter is your experience walking in and around the plates. No content, the real content is the walking experience.” Richard Serra.
Monumenta 2008:Richard Serra Promenade
May 7 till June 15
Grand Palais
Ave Winston Churchill, 8th arr.
Metro: Champs-Elysees-Clemenceau
Monday & Wednesday 10AM-7PM
Thursday to Sunday 10AM-11PM
http://www.monumenta.com
Later,
Diane
