Sunday, August 05, 2007

So... this week-end: Richard Serra

Eddie and I, in our travels around the city, stopped at MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York.

There was a Richard Serra show. It was a show of giant rolled steel and lead forms. There were a number of "propped" items upstairs. These were interesting and the textures were cool. But ultimately they were a little "distant" for me. (I can't think of a better word.)




Then downstairs we visited to big spaces on the second floor. There these HUGE walls of curved steel bent in and out. They leaned into you and were claustrophobic, and then they would open up and you could almost fly. Rooms and spaces opened up into them. Even though it made no sense, I totally dug it.