2802 x 5409 px | 23,7 x 45,8 cm | 9,3 x 18 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
9. September 2019
Ort:
Stedelijk Museum Museumplein Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Weitere Informationen:
On the eve of the reopening of the Stedelijk Museum on September 23rd, the iconic sculpture "Sight Point (for Leo Castelli)" by American artist Richard Serra will be reinstalled on the Museumplein. Conceived in 1972, the work comprises of three weatherproof steel plates — each weighing 17 tons and measuring 10 feet (3.0 meters) wide, 38.4 feet (11.7 meters) high and 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) thick — balanced against each other to form an equilateral triangle at its apex. Originally installed in 1975 in the museum’s former sculpture garden, "Sight Point (for Leo Castelli)" was removed in 1997 to accommodate the redesign of the Museumplein. The work will now be installed in its permanent location at the new entrance to the Stedelijk Museum, and visitors will once again be able to walk between its monumental steel plates. The creation of "Sight Point (for Leo Castelli)" goes back to 1972, when Serra entered a competition to design an artwork for the campus of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. His sculpture won but was not built because the university architect felt that it would be too large and too close to a historic building. After a meeting between Stedelijk Director Edy de Wilde and the artist, Sight Point (for Leo Castelli) was installed in the museum’s new sculpture garden in 1975.
