Serra at the Gagosian

serra.jpgDecember 5th 2008 -Richard Serra at the Gagosian Gallery, Kings Cross, London.

  • there is something playful about people disappearing and reappearing. Is this a slow climbing frame for adults?
  • people have to negotiate their way around one another in the maze-like structure
  • gallery attendants are very watchful, sometimes following you into a structure. This can become a game as you work out how long it takes them to appear
  • difficult to gain a mental picture of the large, spiralled maze sculpture. Disorientation part of the experience
  • many viewers employed tourist reactions to the sheer phenomenon and went into photography mode
  • there is something inherently unusual in seeing such large slabs and curves of steel outside of their normal functional architectural role. Normally they’re doing something.
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