imagine... Season 14 Episode 9 - Richard Serra: Man of Steel

Airdate: 2008-Nov-25

Episode summary:

Sculptor and giant of modern art Richard Serra discusses his extraordinary life and work.A creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel sculptures that both terrify and mesmerise, Serra believes that each viewer creates the sculpture for themselves by being within it.To this end, a Japanese family are reminded of the Temples of Kyoto, a Londoner finds sanctuary in the Serra near Liverpool Street station, and most movingly, a Holocaust survivor sees one piece as a wall separating the living from the dead.Contributors include Chuck Close, Philip Glass and Glenn D Lowry, Director of MoMA.

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