Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Inside Richard Serra's Sculpture "Sequence" at Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

Three weeks ago, I visited Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center and was deeply impressed by an outdoor monumental steel sculpture "Sequence" by Richard Serra.  Due to time constraint, I wasn't able to go inside the twirling spiral spaces formed by curved gigantic steel plates. 


Sequence, Steel, Richard Serra, Cantor Art Museum, Stanford University, California _ 0691

Last Friday, I was able to do just that and I was even more astonished, enchanted and enraptured.  The most interesting aspect, besides its gigantic size and endless changing forms, is the ever changing interplays of colors, shades, shadows and lines.  The warm autumnal sunlight gave it a particularly inviting tinta, in the natural environment, and an unexpected sensuality.

I wonder what it might look like once it's moved to the new wing at SFMOMA. If it would be held indoors, I'm afraid that some of the magic would be lost. Therefore, try to see it, and walk around and through it before it leaves Sanford.

Below are several pictures I took and video compilations:

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8339

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8343

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8341

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8371

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8347

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8344

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8350

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8368

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8349

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Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8361

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8346

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8379

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8376

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8382

Sequence, Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8351

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8367

Steel Sculpture by Richard Serra, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University _ 8388



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