Berlin Block (For Charlie Chaplin), 1977

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Description: Berlin Block (For Charlie Chaplin)

TitleBerlin Block (For Charlie Chaplin)

Creator nameSerra, Richard

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1977

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsForged steel

Dimensions6 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. (1.9 x 1.9 x 1.9 m)

SubjectsSculpture, American--20th centuryLarge-scale sculpture

StatusPermanent installation at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin

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13. Mies and the Figuring of Absence

Peter Eisenman

Written into the Void: Selected Writings, 1990–2004

Author’s note: The following text is a fragment. It represents two interrelated concerns: the first is my long-standing interest in the permeability of the concepts of figure and ground, and how Mies’s work—in particular the evolution of his column section—can be taken as a symptom of his concern for this problem; second, this text...

Author

Peter Eisenman

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.100-107

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-31878&redirecttoanchor=46627

Chapter subject tags:Architectural theory--20th century

Prime Objects

Richard Serra (Editor), Hal Foster (Editor)

Conversations about Sculpture

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

Author

Richard Serra (Editor), Hal Foster (Editor)

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.91-111

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

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19779&redirecttoanchor=46627

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

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