Richard Serra wins architectural award

For the first time in its 133-year history, the Architectural League of New York is presenting its presidential medal to an artist: Richard Serra.

The league's president, Annabel Selldorf, said the artist "engages the sense in terms of scale, space, volume and materiality in a way that is inevitably fascinating for every architect."

Image: Richard Serra, Te Tuhirangi Contour, 1991-2001, weatherproof steel, 6m x 257m x 5cm, The Farm, Kaipara, New Zealand

Richard Serra's Te Tuhirangi Contour

In our final post on commissioned art we look at Richard Serra's 257m long Te Tuhirangi Contour. Commissioned by Alan Gibbs for his property (known as The Farm) on the Kaipara, it is the finest piece of site-specific sculpture in the country and one of many remarkable works situated in his art park. The lineup of international artists at The Farm includes: Daniel Buren, Andy Goldsworthy, Anish Kapoor, Sol LeWitt, Tony Oursler and George Rickey. 

You can read more on the art at The Farm in a conversation between Rob Garrett and Alan Gibbs published in Art World AUS/NZ edition.

Image: Richard Serra, Te Tuhirangi Contour, 1991-2001, weatherproof steel, 6m x 257m x 5cm, The Farm, Kaipara, NZ