Richard Serra - Forty Years

Richard Serra is an American sculptor that creates unconventional pieces with industrial materials that push the limits of abstract art. The sculpture above, titled Forty Years, was made in September of 2007, which is approximately 40 years into Serra's career as a sculptor. It portrays Serra's unique style of large-scale architectural work. Originally when one thinks of steel sculptures, it is easy to picture a stiff, strong looking piece of art. Serra pushes the boundaries of this traditional thought of steel sculpture by stretching and bending it to make it look almost fluid-like.  As far as the overall meaning of the piece, I interpreted it as the winding journey of life that takes numerous twists and turns but is beautiful nonetheless.