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Artist Richard Serra died Tuesday, March 26, at the age of 85, the New York Times first reported. The artist was particularly known for his massive, curving steel sculptures, which offered a maze-like experience for visitors stepping inside them.
Though Serra was born and raised in San Francisco and attended University of California, Berkeley, for a year, he spent much of his life on the East Coast. Peninsula residents may know his work best for his 2006 piece “Sequence,” on long-term view at the Cantor Arts Center on the Stanford University campus.
“Richard Serra was a consummate artist whose art changed the way generations understand and experience sculpture. Sequence (2006) is an iconic and beloved sculpture that we are so fortunate to have on the grounds of the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford. It is a gift to watch students and visitors experience its mesmerizing monumentality, which, like the artist himself, is counterbalanced by an inherent grace,” said Veronica Roberts, John and Jill Freidenrich Director of the Cantor Arts Center, when asked for comment.
Serra attributed some of his artistic inspiration to visits to the San Francisco shipyard where his father worked as a pipe fitter during World War II, according to his obituary in the New York Times. The artist also worked for a time at a Bay Area steel mill.
