On the occasion of the publication Richard Serra: Early Work (Steidl/David Zwirner), Richard Serra is joined by American art critic and historian Hal Foster to discuss the artist's seminal body of work spanning 1966 to 1971.

These works represent the beginning of Serra’s innovative, process-oriented experiments with nontraditional materials, such as vulcanized rubber, neon, and lead. Also included in this thoroughly researched and unprecedented volume are key early examples of works in steel, as well as a selection of the artist’s films from this period. The interplay of gravity and material that was introduced early in Serra’s career set the stage for his ongoing engagement with the spatial and temporal properties of sculpture. Featuring new scholarship by Foster, in addition to archival texts and photographs from the years 1966 to 1972, Richard Serra: Early Work aims to reconsider the groundbreaking practices and ideas that so firmly situate Serra in the history of 20th Century art and make him one of the most influential artists working today.

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