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Extended through March 4, 2015

Richard Serra

Backdoor Pipeline, Ramble, Dead Load, London Cross

October 11, 2014–March 4, 2015
Britannia Street, London

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Works Exhibited

Richard Serra, Backdoor Pipeline, 2010 Weatherproof steel, 12 feet 5 ⅝ inches × 49 feet 10 ½ inches × 12 feet 9 inches (3.8 × 15.2 × 3.9 m)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mike Bruce

Richard Serra, Backdoor Pipeline, 2010

Weatherproof steel, 12 feet 5 ⅝ inches × 49 feet 10 ½ inches × 12 feet 9 inches (3.8 × 15.2 × 3.9 m)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mike Bruce

Richard Serra, Ramble, 2014 Weatherproof steel, 24 plates, overall: 6 feet × 39 feet 3 inches × 31 feet 6 inches (1.83 × 11.96 × 9.6 m)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mike Bruce

Richard Serra, Ramble, 2014

Weatherproof steel, 24 plates, overall: 6 feet × 39 feet 3 inches × 31 feet 6 inches (1.83 × 11.96 × 9.6 m)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mike Bruce

Richard Serra, Dead Load, 2014 Forged steel, 65 ⅝ × 53 ½ × 128 ¼ inches (166.9 × 135.8 × 325.7 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mike Bruce

Richard Serra, Dead Load, 2014

Forged steel, 65 ⅝ × 53 ½ × 128 ¼ inches (166.9 × 135.8 × 325.7 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mike Bruce

Richard Serra, London Cross, 2014 Weatherproof steel, 14 feet ½ inch × 28 feet 5 ¾ inches × 28 feet 5 ¾ inches (4.28 × 8.68 × 8.68 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mike Bruce

Richard Serra, London Cross, 2014

Weatherproof steel, 14 feet ½ inch × 28 feet 5 ¾ inches × 28 feet 5 ¾ inches (4.28 × 8.68 × 8.68 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mike Bruce

About

Gagosian London is pleased to present recent work by Richard Serra.

Gagosian Britannia Street will exhibit four large-scale steel sculptures:

Backdoor Pipeline (2010)
Ramble (2014)
Dead Load (2014)
London Cross (2014)

Gagosian Davies Street will exhibit a five-meter-long work on paper, Double Rift #2 (2011).

Anna Weyant’s Two Eileens (2022) on the cover of Gagosian Quarterly, Winter 2022

Now available
Gagosian Quarterly Winter 2022

The Winter 2022 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is now available, featuring Anna Weyant’s Two Eileens (2022) on its cover.

Richard Serra: Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Alina Ibragimova

Richard Serra: Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Alina Ibragimova

Violinist Alina Ibragimova performs Bach’s Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G Major: Adagio (BWV 1001, c. 1720) from within Richard Serra’s sculpture Transmitter (2020) at Gagosian, Le Bourget. Organized by Bold Tendencies, a nonprofit organization that commissions artists to produce site-specific projects and present performances, in collaboration with Gagosian, this recorded performance took place on May 8, 2022 before a live concert of Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time, 1941).

Richard Serra: Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Mario Brunello

Richard Serra: Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Mario Brunello

Cellist Mario Brunello performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major: Prelude (BWV 1007, c. 1717–23) within Richard Serra’s sculpture Transmitter (2020) at Gagosian, Le Bourget. Organized by Bold Tendencies—a nonprofit that commissions artists to produce site-specific projects and present performances—in collaboration with Gagosian, this recorded performance took place on May 8, 2022, before a live concert of Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time, 1941).

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From Richard Serra: Trevor Noah’s Message Against Racial Injustice

In response to enduring racial injustices and the recent widespread civil unrest, Richard Serra urges people to watch this video commentary by Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show.

Richard Serra, Hands Scraping, 1968, film still.

The Art of Perception: Richard Serra’s Films

For eleven years, from 1968 to 1979, Richard Serra created a collection of films and videos that felt out the uncharted phenomenological boundaries of the medium. Carlos Valladares explores a selection of these works.

The cover of the Fall 2019 Gagosian Quarterly magazine. Artwork by Nathaniel Mary Quinn

Now available
Gagosian Quarterly Fall 2019

The Fall 2019 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is now available, featuring a detail from Sinking (2019) by Nathaniel Mary Quinn on its cover.