Installation view of the exhibition Richard Serra: Above Below Betwixt Between, Every Which Way, Silence (For John Cage), Through at Gagosian located in New York, dated 2016. Photo by Cristiano Mascaro.

Installation view, Richard Serra: Above Below Betwixt Between, Every Which Way, Silence (For John Cage), Through, New York, 2016. Photo by Cristiano Mascaro 

Richard Serra Interviewed in The Guardian

The two artists – who trained together in the early 60s–discuss understanding the world through mass, weight and gravity

Michael Craig-Martin: I saw the current show at Gagosian in New York, the double gallery show. And to be honest, Richard, I’ve seen an amazing number of your shows. I’ve probably seen more of your shows than anybody else. I saw the show in the Castelli Warehouse in New York. It was with the lead pieces.

Richard Serra: You saw that?

MCM: I saw that show in 1969.

RS: Those are the beginnings.

MCM: Well, the only way I know how to do this, Richard, is by asking you things that genuinely interest me. And one of them is when we first knew each other. We’ve known each other for a very long time.

Read more at The Guardian.