A visit to Richard Serra at the Gagosian Gallery in King’s Cross with David Cook and Richard Guest.
Gagosian Gallery intercom by Richard Guest
Richard: This is a space I’ve not visited before; you told me it was big, so I was anticipating scale. And Serra’s work is big and heavy and metal and I was fully expecting lots of slabs of steel resting against each other in precarious, dangerous-looking ways. Only one work disappointed me by living up to this and that was London Cross.
Given that the siting of Serra’s work is so important, I found the entrance to the exhibition really interesting. You enter the gallery through a reception area with a desk to your left. There’s a shop/ office next to it, and straight ahead openings to two exhibition spaces. To your right a spiral staircase suggests there is a second floor (but it’s closed to…
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I just read this over at David’s place. Very interesting.
Thanks very much, Ashley.
very deceptive perspective… I was thinking about how I would sketch this, and noticed the depressions are the only touch point.
Yes, there’s virtually nothing there. Thanks very much for the reblog, Barry.
interesting. It’s a shame he didn’t have more images, but I did follow to broadgate. Thanks.
Thanks very much, Shimon. There will be more images in part two…
En fait Dear Richard vous avez visité un tombeau Égyptien, de quelle Dynastie, svp …?!!!
Ha, ha, quite…