Weight and Measure 1993

Editor: This is Richard Serra’s, "Weight and Measure." It’s a minimalist print, stark and powerful, almost like two voids pressing down on the page. What do you see in this work? Curator: I see a challenge to patriarchal structures, through its deliberate use of industrial materials. Serra, known for his large steel sculptures, here reduces form to its essence. How does this contrast impact your understanding of power and presence? Editor: It's interesting to consider the industrial versus the intimate, the monumental reduced to paper. The title suggests a system of valuation too, doesn't it? Curator: Precisely. Who decides what carries weight, what measures up? Serra’s work makes visible these systems, inviting us to question established hierarchies. Editor: I never would have considered it that way. Thanks for expanding my perspective. Curator: My pleasure. It is essential to unpack these works through the lens of social critique.