
Richard Serra at Gemini GEL
An artist renowned for monumental sculpture in industrial materials seems an unlikely inclusion in a print collection; however Richard Serra is just that. Serra rose to fame with his Splashing works of the late 60s, which he created by flinging molten lead against the seam between a wall and the ground. His 1968 work Prop – a version of which the NGA’s International Painting and Sculpture holds in its collection – consists of a large lead sheet literally propped up […]
Categories: Artists, Gemini GEL • Tags: Gemini GEL, Kenneth Tyler, lead, lithograph, National Gallery of Australia, printmaking, Richard Serra