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“Art for the most part, is about concentration, solitude and determination. It’s really not about other people’s needs and assumptions. I’m not interested in the notion that art serves something. Art is useless, not useful.”

— Richard Serra

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donotdestroy:

“Art for the most part, is about concentration, solitude and determination. It’s really not about other people’s needs and assumptions. I’m not interested in the notion that art serves something. Art is useless, not useful.”

Richard Serra
(b. 1938, San Francisco)
Strike: To Roberta and Rudy
1969–71
Hot-rolled steel
8 ft 1 in x 24 ft x 1 ½ in
Guggenheim Museum, New York

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“The Metropolitan Police is examining whether the recent work, which shows a judge in a wig and gown beating a protester holding a blood-splattered placard, is enough to put him in front of the court where his name would be revealed to the public.”

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donotdestroy:

“They speak of poverty, yet their art finds its home among the wealthy.”

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“I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don’t see any American dream—I see an American nightmare.” — Malcolm X

Death of George Floyd
2020
Watercolor on cotton paper
9 x 12 in.
Price: Not for sale

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