Richard Serra Movies

Made in collaboration with Gerry Schum

A pair of one person's hands toss a block of lead back and forth.

The Masters of Modern Sculpture series concludes with a look at post- World War II America, where sculpture became a deeply innovative art form....

Like the three "Hands" films by Richard Serra (1968), the subject of "Color Aid" are fingers as actors of real time activity. Monochrome colour cards...

Made in collaboration with Joan Jonas.

A subject struggles to break free from a cord restraint

In Frame (1969), Richard Serra emphasizes the disconnect bewteen the real space of the cinema and the illusory space of the screen. We first see...

Echoing the vertical movement of the film through the projector, pieces of sheet lead fall into the image field. Serra’s hand opens and closes...

Footage of an arm and a hand holding a block of lead