Richard Serra

In Richard Serra's work Hands Scraping (1968), the hands of Serra and of the musician Philip Glass are seen gathering metal scraps into a pile located outside the frame. This simple action examined the process of sorting raw materials, and underscored the physicality of the hands. In this manner, Serra sought to examine the unfolding of basic sculptural processes in time. Glass' participation in the film points to the affinity between Serra's sculptural cinema and minimalist music, which is based on reduced, repetitive structures.

Born in California, 1939; lives and works in New York and Nova Scotia