Tilted Arc, 1981

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TitleTilted Arc

Creator nameSerra, Richard

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1981

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWeatherproof steel

Dimensions12 ft. x 120 ft. x 2 1/2 in. (3.7 x 36.6 x 6.4 cm)

SubjectsSculpture, American--20th centuryLarge-scale sculpture

StatusShown in Federal Plaza, New York. Destroyed by United States Government, March 15, 1989

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Prime Objects

Richard Serra (Editor), Hal Foster (Editor)

Conversations about Sculpture

~HF: Let’s talk about the prime objects in your work.

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Richard Serra (Editor), Hal Foster (Editor)

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.91-111

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00033.007

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Chapter subject tags:Sculpture, American--20th centuryKubler, George, 1912-1996. Shape of timeArtists--Interviews--20th centurySerra, Richard, 1939-

5. Minimalism and High Modernism

Alex Potts

The Sculptural Imagination: Figurative, Modernist, Minimalist

In the 1950s and 1960s, the norms previously governing mainstream sculptural practice were being thrown into question by a number of different initiatives, whether Pop, Conceptualist, Minimalist, Arte Povera, Neo-Dada, or performance orientated. I shall be focusing here on Minimalist work, and the critical context framing it, because it was out of this that by far the most intensive and sustained engagement with earlier understandings of sculpture emerged. Minimalist objects may not necessarily …

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Alex Potts

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.178-206

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00156.009

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Chapter subject tags:Sculpture, Modern--AppreciationMinimal artCaro, Anthony, 1924-2013Fried, MichaelArt criticism--History--20th centuryAdorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969Sculpture, Modern--20th century

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