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Richard Serra, the master of monumental steel sculptures, dies at 85

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Washington, March 26 (EFE).- The American minimalist sculptor Richard Serra, world famous for working with monumental steel pieces, died this Tuesday at the age of 85.

The artist died at his home on Long Island, in New York, from pneumonia, according to his lawyer, John Silberman, in The New York Times.

Born in San Francisco (California) in 1938, to a Majorcan father and a Ukrainian mother, Serra is considered one of the most important avant-garde sculptors of the 20th century.

His work is represented in the most important museums and collections in the world, including the Guggenheim in Bilbao.

Known for the large dimensions of his steel work and for integrating his work with architecture or the natural environment, the artist won the Prince of Asturias Award in 2010.

His art proposes the active participation of the viewer while formulating a relationship between sculpture and space through the sensations transmitted by matter, volume, mass and weight.



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