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# Discussing the Sculptures of Richard Serra with Hal Foster
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/discussing-the-sculptures-of-richard-serra-with-hal-foster/
- Published: 2019-01-24T19:39:34.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:24:02.000Z
- Description: A new book of conversations between the noted artist and art historian captures a complex body of work that continues to challenge the conventions of sculpture.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Podcast, Hal Foster, Richard Serra, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:34 (2019, 2020, part 1)

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Richard Serra’s “Shift” (1970) in King City, Ontario (image courtesy Jason Paris’s Flickr page)

There are many illuminating moment’s in Hal Foster’s [*Conversations about Sculpture*](https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-about-Sculpture-Richard-Serra/dp/0300235968/?tag=hyperallergic-20&ref=hyperallergic.com) (Yale University Press, 2018) with Richard Serra, including the discussion of the infamous “[Tilted Arc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilted%5FArc?ref=hyperallergic.com)” sculpture, Serra’s formative years as he battled with Minimalism and Conceptual Art, his idea’s around site-specific art, and the role of text and image in his oeuvre.

The podcast begins with Serra’s own voice from a[ SFMOMA clip that asks the question, “Why Make Art?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWoiAf%5FqMA4&ref=hyperallergic.com)” and continues with a little adventure to see the artist’s first land artwork, “Shift” (1970), in King City, Ontario. Finally, I sit down with Foster, who talks about his own relationship with an artist who has reinvented himself a few times in his career.

This and more in the [current episode](https://simplecast.com/s/01b801d4?ref=hyperallergic.com) of our weekly [Art Movements](https://hyperallergic.com/tag/art-movements-podcast/) podcast.

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