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Course: The Museum of Modern Art > Unit 1
Lesson 3: Behind the scenes at MoMA- Conserving Henri Matisse's "The Swimming Pool"
- Framing "Christina's World" by Andrew Wyeth
- Installation of Richard Serra's sculptures at MoMA
- Conservation | Pollock, "One: Number 31, 1950"
- Conservation | Picasso's Guitars
- Conservation | Paik, "Untitled," 1993
- Conservation | René Magritte, "The Portrait," 1935
- Conservation | René Magritte, "The False Mirror," 1928
- Conservation | René Magritte, "The Menaced Assassin," 1927
- Conservation | René Magritte, "The Palace of Curtains, III," 1928-29
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Installation of Richard Serra's sculptures at MoMA
Watch Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipse IV (1998) and Intersection II (1992) installed in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden in 2007. To learn about how art changes over time, enroll in one of MoMA's online courses. Created by The Museum of Modern Art.
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- what exactly was the point of this video?(4 votes)
- The point is to see how sculptures are installed in pieces. I found it interesting.(4 votes)
- Was the sculpture meant to be interactive? From the video, I wasn't sure if the installers were moving in and out of the large piece or if it was meant to be viewed that way.(4 votes)
- what material did they use to make Richard Serra's sculptures and how long did it take them to make the sculptures?(2 votes)
- The sculptures are both made of steel, which has rusted to a dark brown. Richard Serra usually makes smaller models of his sculptures in wood or lead, then brings them to a structural engineer. The steel is manufactured in Germany, shipped to the site, and finally installed according to the artist's specifications. I don't know how long this process usually takes, but I suspect it lasts several weeks.(4 votes)
- What are those things for and called that the people where making in the video?(1 vote)
- The objects are sculptures, sculpted art. Steel material was sculpted into shapes such that people could move in or around the shapes. The material does not visibly move during observation. The audience may interact but these sculptures are not interactive. Cranes, ladders, and cameras were used.(2 votes)
- I don't understand - are those curved metal sheets the "sculptures"?(0 votes)
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