Gagosian Gallery
555 West 24th St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
Tuesday – Saturday through November 26 (closed Thanksgiving Day), 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
212-741-1111
www.gagosian.com
junction/cycle slideshow
In the summer of 2007, MoMA hosted the terrific retrospective “Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years,” an exciting look back at the career of highly influential and often controversial conceptual artist Richard Serra. The exhibition included a number of Serra’s huge, freestanding sets of weatherproof steel plates, both inside and outside. Serra, who recently had a gorgeous show of his drawings at the Met, is back at the Gagosian in Chelsea with two new works, “Cycle” (2010) and “Junction” (2011), that fill the large space, creating numerous passageways that visitors can follow, the twisting concave and convex “walls” reaching more than thirteen feet high. The pieces loop in and out, narrow at some turns before opening into wider centers, almost like steel mazes. The technical aspects are mind-boggling, so be sure to take your time and let the many wonders envelop you. “Junction” and “Cycle” are unique enough that they don’t feel repetitive or simply more of the same from this always intriguing artist. Serra also has a show of small drawings, “Bight & Ballast,” at Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl through December 22.