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\u201cArt for the most part, is about concentration, solitude and determination. It\u2019s really not about other people\u2019s needs and assumptions. I\u2019m not interested in the notion that art serves something. Art is useless, not useful.\u201d \u2014 Richard Serra<\/p>\n

Richard Serra
TTI London
2007
two torqued tori of weatherproof steel
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