Richard Serra

‘In these works from 1966 to 1967, I was not interested in creating sculptures, but in understanding the ‘how’ of ‘making’, which determines the ‘what’. I started from a found form, after which I created a new form.’ (1977)

Richard Serra, statement, taken from an interview in the film "Fall aus dem Rahmen". Television film by Viktoria Flemming, produced for the NDR in 1977. Quoted from Weyergraf, C.: Von den ‘Through Pieces’ zu ‘Terminal’ - Darstellung eines Entwicklungsverlaus in: Exhibition catalogue Richard Serra Kunsthalle Tübingen, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Bochum 1978, p. 155 note 15