Richard Serra, Ramble 4-16, 2015. Litho crayon and pastel powder on paper, 35 × 30 3/4 inches unframed (88.9 × 78.1 cm). ©Richard Serra. Photo by Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.

PARIS.- Gagosian Paris is presenting new Ramble Drawings by Richard Serra, following the debut of the series at Gagosian New York in September 2015. 

Richard Serra was born in San Francisco in 1938 and has lived in New York since 1966. He studied at the University of California (Berkeley and Santa Barbara) and at Yale University. Serra was awarded the insignia of Chevalier de la légion d'honneur by the French government in June 2015. 

Richard Serra, Ramble 1–5, 2015. Litho crayon and pastel powder on paper, 13 1/4 × 18 3/4 inches unframed (33.7 × 47.6 cm). ©Richard Serra. Photo by Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.

Recent exhibitions include "Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years," Museum of Modern Art, New York (2007); "Richard Serra: Promenade," Monumenta, Grand Palais, Paris (2008); "Richard Serra Drawings—Work Comes Out of Work," Kunsthaus Bregenz (2008); and "Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2011, traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the organizing venue, Menil Collection, Houston). 

Richard Serra, Ramble 4–26, 2015. Litho crayon and pastel powder on paper, 35 1/2 × 36 3/4 inches unframed (90.2 × 93.3 cm). ©Richard Serra. Photo by Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.

In 2005, The Matter of Time (1994–2005), a series of eight monumental sculptures, was installed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. East-West/West-East (2014) was permanently installed in the desert of the Brouq Nature Reserve in western Qatar in 2014. 

Richard Serra, Ramble 4-23, 2015. Litho crayon and pastel powder on paper, 34 × 35 inches unframed (86.4 × 88.9 cm). ©Richard Serra. Photo by Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.

Since 1983, Gagosian has presented more than twenty-five major exhibitions of Serra's work in the U.S. and Europe, including "Intersection II" (Gagosian New York, 1993); "Switch," which inaugurated Gagosian West 24th Street, New York in 1999; "Wake Blindspot Catwalk Vice-Versa" (Gagosian New York, 2003); "Junction/Cycle" (Gagosian New York, 2011); "Drawings" (Gagosian Paris, 2011–12); "Double Rifts" (Gagosian Beverly Hills, 2013); "New Sculpture" (Gagosian New York, 2013–14); the concurrent exhibitions "Backdoor Pipeline, Ramble, Dead Load, London Cross" and "Drawing" (Gagosian London, 2014–15); and "Ramble Drawings" (Gagosian New York, 2015). In spring of 2016, Gagosian New York will present new large-scale sculptures at the 21st and 24th Street galleries.

Richard Serra, Ramble 3–53, 2015. Litho crayon and pastel powder on paper, 20 3/4 × 28 1/4 inches unframed (52.7 × 71.8 cm). ©Richard Serra. Photo by Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.

PARIS - Gagosian Paris présente Ramble Drawings de Richard Serra. Après la première exposition de cette série à Gagosian New York en septembre 2015, la galerie de la rue de Ponthieu exposera un tout nouvel ensemble d'œuvres.

Richard Serra est né à San Francisco en 1938 et vit à New York depuis 1966. Il a étudié à l'Université de Californie (Berkeley et Santa Barbara) et à Yale. En juin 2015 le gouvernement français lui a décerné les insignes de Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.

Richard Serra, Ramble 4-18, 2015 Litho crayon and pastel powder on paper 33 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches (84.5 x 90.8 cm). ©Richard Serra. Photography by Robert McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.

Parmi ses expositions récentes on peut citer: « Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years, » Museum of Modern Art, New York (2007); « Richard Serra: Promenade, » Monumenta, Grand Palais, Paris (2008); « Richard Serra Drawings—Work Comes Out of Work, » Kunsthaus Bregenz (2008); et « Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective, » Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2011, puis au San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; et à la Menil Collection, Houston, organisatrice de l'exposition).

"Richard Serra: Ramble Drawings". Installation view. Photo by Zarko Vijatovic. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.

En 2005, The Matter of Time (1994–2005), une série de huit sculptures monumentales, a été installée au Musée Guggenheim à Bilbao. East-West/West-East (2014) a été installée de manière permanente dans le désert de la réserve naturelle de Brouq dans l'ouest du Qatar en 2014.

Depuis 1983, Gagosian Gallery a présenté plus de vingt-cinq expositions majeures des œuvres de Serra aux Etats-Unis et en Europe, comme « Intersection II » (Gagosian New York, 1993); « Switch, » exposition inaugurale de Gagosian West 24th Street, à New York en 1999; « Wake Blindspot Catwalk Vice-Versa » (Gagosian New York, 2003); « Junction/Cycle » (Gagosian New York, 2011); « Drawings » (Gagosian Paris, 2011–12); « Double Rifts » (Gagosian Beverly Hills, 2013); « New Sculpture » (Gagosian New York, 2013–14); les expositions simultanées « Backdoor Pipeline, Ramble, Dead Load, London Cross » et « Drawing » (Gagosian London, 2014– 15); et « Ramble Drawings » (Gagosian New York, 2015). Au printemps 2016, Gagosian New York exposera de nouvelles sculptures à grande échelle dans ses galeries de 21st et 24th Street.

"Richard Serra: Ramble Drawings". Installation view. Photo by Zarko Vijatovic. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.