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What happens when Richard Serra doesn't sell a piece of art? It goes to Greenpoint, apparently. His current exhibit at the MoMA took a lot of manpower to set up, yet when Restless blog ran into one of his giant slabs of metal this weekend, there were only five workers moving it.
I walked across the backside of Greenpoint to the subway this morning. I look under a new roll-up door and guess what?A Richard Serra slab of heavy metal is sitting there, with 5 workers taking a breather to the side. I asked the foreman if it was OK to take a picture, and did. He said the object was from Gagosian on 24th, and was unsold. I offered to haul it away for free, but no luck. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that Greenpoint is back room to Chelsea's mega-spaces.
See some Serra at the MoMA (until September 10th), or just start rolling up doors in Greenpoint.
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Why's it rusty?
Oh god, he's back. Who can forget the Tilted Arc trial, where Serra and the city's art-dealer-critic-cabal accused New Yorkers of being philistines. When the Federal Building in lower Manhattan decided that the rusted wall that cut off the sunlight, blocked the walk, and generally ruined the plaza that employees had formerly used for lunch and relaxation, had enjoyed a long enough exhibition run, and made plans to remove it, Serra et al sued. He created the art for that space, they argued, and therefore "owned" the space!
Thank god the people prevailed. Tilted Arc was moved to another place - Storm King Sculpture Center? -- and the public got its space back.
This looks like something that should be recycled instead of some nut paying an absurd amount of money for.
So where do I sign up to be a modern artist so I can rake in absurd amounts of money by selling people rusted junk with fancy titles?
gotta love these guests. Not as much as I love Richard Serra though. If you haven't seen the show yet, please, don't go. It's better when there's less gaping idiots stumbling around in there making noise with their vapid comments.
is that a piece used for constructing a jai alai stadium?
Rusty metal, neat!
SP, holier than thou? Did you see the South Park (SP, coincidence?) where they are smelling their own farts? That's you.
Anyway, looks like a train wreck
lol, exactly the comments I cherish. Look forward to not seeing you there.
#2, Tilted Arc was destroyed in 1989. The Serra piece at Storm King is Schunnemunk Fork.
Actually, #9, the ever reliable New York Post reported on May 11, 2006 (albeit on Page Six) that Tilted Arc's fate was not the scrap heap or recycling bin, but that it was cut into three pieces, removed and placed "in storage in a warehouse outside the city," quoting Renee Miscione of the federal General Services Administration.
Conservative estimate (mind you this was before the MoMA retrospective) was the piece might fetch $20 million. Not bad for a $175,000 commission.
I personally like Serra. I admit this peice here is not what I would consider my favorite, but I've seen his stuff in sculpture gardens and at museums all over the country and in person it really can be spectacular. To anyone who has ever done welding or metal work and knows how difficult it is, it becomes even easier to appreciate his works.
They should recycle his work as armor for the troops in Iraq.
I'll never understand why people hate on art so much. If you're critical—please tell us what great thing you have done with your life.
His stuff looks amazing in person. Don't let the photo fool you.
11 and 13, is it worth even pondering the lives of people whose zenith of cultural and intellectual appreciation is South Park?
I like Serra and farts. Does my opinion count?
I don't hate art. But the difference is the perspective of what one may consider art. If I took a bunch of metal and welded it together it would be art only if I could bullshit to someone the meaning of what I was trying to convey. Until then, it's just a bunch of welded metal.
Also, you need to convince rich people to buy it.
you do that by putting a high price tag on it.
Done!
SP, how much water do you have to clean out of your nose every time it rains? How come you have no friends? Oh by the way, if you think South Park is simply about a bunch of filthy kids, why does it consistently win so many awards? Oh right, the messages and meanings are over your head.