Wright’s Triangle lays in the center of a pathway in a central location on campus. Students walk past, and sometimes through, this sculpture everyday on their way to class. The installation’s location is in fact a big contributor to what makes the piece art. Wright’s Triangle is intentionally placed in a major pathway in order to subdue the space around it and reshape our understanding of that space. The sculpture divides space and forces the viewers to be aware of their surroundings.

             

Wright’s Triangle was built by Richard Serra in 1978 when Abstract Expressionism was leading in the art scene. Serra is particularly interested in our relationship with space, and through his art he intends to redefine the way we interact with that space. Since the 70’s Serra has been doing art installations which aim at reorienting the potential of any given physical space. As Serra puts it, his art “changes [our] notion on how [we] know the physicality of space” (Crimp). Most of his installations are made with steel which could convey the notion of staticity and weight, as buildings often do; however his installations deal more with the movement of the body’s movement. This relationship between body, space, and material is what defines Serra’s understanding of art.

                        

We decided to represent our sculpture in this way due to a lot of influence coming from cubist artists and modernist artists. We wanted to represent Serra in the 4th dimension. As you move around our model you can see how the sculpture would change in person if you were to walk around it. We took inspiration from artists we have learned about in class when creating our own variation of this piece to connect it to our prior knowledge.

  

Group Members: 

Chayce Barnhart: research, writing

Julian Medina: research, writing

Kole Carpenter: photography, research, writing
Sources: 

“Richard Serra Overview and Analysis.” The Art Story,

www.theartstory.org/artist-serra-richard.htm.

 

Crimp, Douglas. “Richard Serra’s Urban Sculpture: An Interview Richard Serra

& Douglas Crimp.” Arts Magazine, Nov. 1980, pp. 164–167.

 

Wessels, Hans Peter, director. Richard Serra: Drawings 2015-2017. ARTtube,

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 24 Sept. 2017,