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Richard Serra

Drawings

November 23, 2011–January 7, 2012
rue de Ponthieu, Paris

Installation view Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view

Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view

Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view

Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view

Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view

Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view

Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view

Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view  Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view

Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view

Artwork © Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Works Exhibited

Richard Serra, Rift #1, 2011 Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 115 ⅜ × 165 ⅛ inches (293.1 × 419.4 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, Rift #1, 2011

Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 115 ⅜ × 165 ⅛ inches (293.1 × 419.4 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, Rift #2, 2011 Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 110 × 160 inches (279.4 × 406.4 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, Rift #2, 2011

Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 110 × 160 inches (279.4 × 406.4 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, Rift #4, 2011 Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 85 ⅝ × 135 inches (217.5 × 342.9 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, Rift #4, 2011

Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 85 ⅝ × 135 inches (217.5 × 342.9 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, Double Rift #3, 2011 Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 105 ⅛ × 199 ⅛ inches (267 × 505.8 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, Double Rift #3, 2011

Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 105 ⅛ × 199 ⅛ inches (267 × 505.8 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, July #7, 2011 Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 46 × 37 ⅛ inches (116.8 × 94.3 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, July #7, 2011

Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 46 × 37 ⅛ inches (116.8 × 94.3 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, July #9, 2011 Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 46 × 37 ⅛ inches (116.8 × 94.3 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, July #9, 2011

Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 46 × 37 ⅛ inches (116.8 × 94.3 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, July #11, 2011 Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 46 × 37 ⅛ inches (116.8 × 94.3 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, July #11, 2011

Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 46 × 37 ⅛ inches (116.8 × 94.3 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, July #12, 2011 Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 46 × 37 ⅛ inches (116.8 × 94.3 cm)© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Richard Serra, July #12, 2011

Paintstick on handmade paper, framed: 46 × 37 ⅛ inches (116.8 × 94.3 cm)
© Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

About

Drawing provides a space, a place for me to go to where I can concentrate on an activity that is satisfying in and of itself.
—Richard Serra

Gagosian is pleased to present Drawings, an exhibition introducing two new series of work by Richard Serra, July and Rifts. This is his first major drawing exhibition in Paris since 1995.

Drawing provides a space, a place for me to go to where I can concentrate on an activity that is satisfying in and of itself.
—Richard Serra

Gagosian est heureuse de présenter Drawings, première exposition majeure à Paris de dessins de Richard Serra depuis 1995. À cette occasion, deux nouvelles séries d’œuvres, July et Rifts seront exposées.

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.