Richard Serra - Werke im öffentlichen Raum

Shift (1970-72)

Beton, sechsteilig, je 1.52 × 0.20 × 27 bis 73 m.
Auftrag: Roger Davidson (ein Kunstsammler). Standort: auf seinem ehemaligen Grundstück, zu diesem Zeitpunkt eine Kartoffelfarm, King City, Ontario, Canada.

»What I wanted was a dialectic between one's perception of the place in totality and one's relation to the field as walked. The result is a way of measuring oneself against the indeterminancy of the land. As one follows the work farther into the field, one is forced to shift and turn with the work and look back across the elevational drop. From the top of the hill, looking back across he valley, images and thoughts are remembered which were initiated by the consciousness of having experienced them.«
[Richard Serra]

Mehr:

• Wikipedia (auf Englisch)
• Fotoset von Jason Paris, flickr
• Derek Flack: Searching for Richard Serras "Shift" in King City.
  blogTORONTO, 10. Dezember 2009
• Robertson, Heather: Richard Serra: Shift.
  Border Crossings, Februar 2005.

[Foto: 12/2014 Jason Paris, flickr. Lizenz: Creative Commons Namensnennung]