Steidl Richard Serra: Catalogue Raisonné: Prints 1972–2022

Without a doubt, Serra’s prints assume a prominent position in the graphic art of the present day. The radicality with which he continuously expands the boundaries of technical, formal, and content-based conventions through new developments corresponds with the intensity of the experiences that his works make possible. - Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe Richard Serra began making prints as early as 1972. For the past five decades he has consistently pursued the myriad possibilities of printmaking and created a graphic oeuvre as concentrated as it is rich and diverse. Even if the relationship between Serra’s prints and his sculptural works cannot be denied―the exploration of form, establishing and testing the tension between positive and negative space, the dialogue between two- and three-dimensionality― the prints are an autonomous form of expression with their own themes and creative approaches, such as his innovative use of oil-stick ink to create a surface that both absorbs and reflects light. This catalogue raisonné offers a complete survey of 50 years of Serra’s graphic work―including lithographs, screenprints and etchings―and situates it in the broader context of his artistic practice.