richard serra

Richard Serra (1938–2024) was an iconic American sculptor who transformed the art world with his boundary-breaking creations and is still celebrated as one of the most influential artists of his generation. Known to colleagues as the 'poet of iron,' he was best recognized for his monumental curved steel sculptures, such as Matter of Time, permanently housed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Over his career, Serra produced large-scale, site-specific works for architectural, urban, and natural settings across the globe — from Iceland to New Zealand. His massive spirals, cubes, and pyramids invite viewers to walk through and around them, compelling a rethinking of space, scale, and physical presence.