Torqued Ellipses

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Torqued Ellipses is a series of monumental, curving steel sculptures by Richard Serra that immerse viewers in disorienting, spiraling spatial experiences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sculpture series ⓘ
site-specific artwork ⓘ
artist Richard Serra ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
creator Richard Serra ⓘ
describedAs disorienting spiraling forms ⓘ
immersive spatial environments ⓘ
monumental curving steel sculptures ⓘ
exhibitionHistory first exhibited at Dia Center for the Arts, New York ⓘ
genre minimalist sculpture ⓘ
hasEffect creates labyrinthine pathways ⓘ
immerses viewers inside the sculpture ⓘ
produces shifting perspectives while walking ⓘ
hasPart Double Torqued Ellipse ⓘ
Torqued Ellipse I ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses

Torqued Ellipse II ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses

Torqued Ellipse III ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses

Torqued Ellipse IV ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses

Torqued Ellipse V ⓘ
Torqued Ellipse VI ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses

Torqued Ellipse VII ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses

Torqued Ellipse VIII ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses

Torqued Spiral ⓘ
height over 12 feet ⓘ
over 4 meters ⓘ
inception 1996 ⓘ
mid-1990s ⓘ
influencedBy architecture ⓘ
industrial fabrication techniques ⓘ
location Dia Beacon ⓘ
linked to: Beacon

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
madeOf curved steel plates ⓘ
mainSubject architectural space ⓘ
spatial perception ⓘ
viewer experience ⓘ
materialUsed Cor-Ten steel ⓘ
weathering steel ⓘ
movement Minimalism ⓘ
Process art ⓘ
notableFor complex curved geometries ⓘ
engineering and fabrication challenges ⓘ
notableWorkOf Richard Serra ⓘ
partOf Richard Serra's large-scale steel sculptures ⓘ
purpose to alter viewers' sense of balance and orientation ⓘ
usesTechnique rolled steel plates ⓘ
torqued geometric forms ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Serra → notableWork → Torqued Ellipses ⓘ
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse I ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse II ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse III ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse IV ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Double Torqued Ellipse ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Between the Torus and the Sphere I ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Between the Torus and the Sphere II ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Between the Torus and the Sphere III ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
Torqued Ellipses → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse I ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
Torqued Ellipses → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse II ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
Torqued Ellipses → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse III ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
Torqued Ellipses → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse IV ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
Torqued Ellipses → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse VI ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
Torqued Ellipses → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse VII ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
Torqued Ellipses → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse VIII ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse I ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse II ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse III ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Torqued Ellipse IV ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
The Matter of Time → hasPart → Double Torqued Ellipse ⓘ
linked to: Torqued Ellipses
Snake (sculpture) → partOfSeries → Torqued Ellipses and related works ⓘ
subject linked to: Snake
linked to: Torqued Ellipses