October 6, 2010

weight and measure

reading questions
post answers to your blog by next wednesday (10.13) 8am


1. What were Richard Serra's goals for the installation?

2. Define the field Serra is referring to when he states that his sculptural elements need to create "enough tension within the field to hold the experience of presence in the place". How do you define "experience of presence"?

3. How do the columns, pedestal condition, octagonal space and vertical axis challenge Serra?

4. What is effective in terms of the shape, scale and number of the two square elements in the Duveen Galleries?

5. Describe the differences and similarities between Barnett Newman's and Richard Serra's work.

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