"I was in analysis and I told my analyst I wanted to be the best sculptor in the world and he said: "Richard, calm down.""
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Richard Serra
Richard Serra (November 2, 1939 β March 26, 2024) was an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large scale assemblies of sheet metal.
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