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Richard Serra on challenging artistic tradition

Richard Serra discusses how the tradition of an artistic medium can be limiting and explains that artists must invent their own tools for art making.

  • Total running time: 1 min. 57 sec.

  • Featured Artist: Richard Serra
  • SFMOMA Release Date: January 2012
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