Richard Serra

FILMS ON ART

Richard Serra:

Thinking On Your Feet

Director: Maria Anna Tappeiner
"I think a lot of people start with the what...I've always been interested in the how, how things come into being."  - Richard Serra. THINKING ON YOUR FEET presents the "how" of Richard Serra as it documents the coming into being of "The Matter of Time," a site-specific installation at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao composed of eight steel sculptures with an overall weight of 1,208 tons. Reaching the limits of what is feasible in terms of size, form and technology, this is one of the biggest commissions yet developed for a concrete space. Serra is sometimes considered a "difficult" artist, but this film shows him to be quite accessible (which is not to be confused with "easy") for those untutored in postmodern sculpture. He is almost demonically articulate about his work, thinking on his feet, always with his sketchbook ready at hand, present