Matter of Time

Matter of time was stationed in Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. The construct uses steel sheets that are two inches thick, fifty feet long, and fourteen feet high. This video gives an inside look of the Matter of Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_nOB-IZ4pg. Serra utilized the steel structure into a metallic maze that occupies a room four hundred and thirty feet long and eighty feet wide. Serra is mostly influenced by ship building ports which is why most of his work incorporates steel. But Serra's stylization is inspired by the forces of nature such as time and space.
Just like a lot of Serra's work the Matter of Time is accessible to people. Most people that go inside this structure would have the feeling of going through a maze or vortex. An artist who relates to Serra work would be the work of Liam Gillick who also uses metal and enormous structures to reveal his ideals. http://chrisashley.net/resources/images/2005July/AKGForman/UnknownAlbrightKnox20050701.jpg This reminds me of the story of Alice in Wonderland because the combination of spirals and waves can be related to a different dimension. This amazing spectacle transports it's viewers into a world of rusty chaotic beauty.
As stated previously about this piece giving off a feeling of being a in a maze. This statement is conflicting the ideas behind this piece because a maze entails the there is a begining and end where as The Matter of Time stresses that the beginning and end are one in the same. Serra did not want this piece to act like a maze but rather give an experience of drama and danger. The feeling of the walls closing in and the metal resembling a prison provides the audience with more than a giant display of metal but to provide them with an emotional experience they will never forget.


Resources
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2005/jun/22/art
http://www.nysun.com/arts/richard-serra-man-of-steel/84120/
http://chrisashley.net/weblog/archives/2005_08.html'
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