I value Serra for his earlier, theoretical work, but have now seen three shows in the big Gagosian aircraft hangar and feel he's just another art world dinosaur crankin' out the product. That's three times I've done the "walk inside the funhouse and worry about being crushed" thing and three times I've looked at the splashy, self-conscious patinas on the rusted Cor-ten steel and said "This looks like AbEx--I thought this guy was supposed to be about minimalist purity." The last show with the curvy "feminine" shapes, as if "answering his critics"--I mean, can it get any more obvious? I dislike Serra more and more as he ages and keeps getting more powerful and the fact that he's a rude, arrogant bastard makes me feel that much better about disliking him. He should think about using the steel for some shelters, or something. (Typed in an angry rush--angry guys make me angry.)
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- tom moody 4-19-2004 8:42 am