Richard Serra, minimalism, and Process Art.

Recently, I've noticed in a lot of my work, or ideas about my work, that I've been focused on the weight of it all. There has always been a sense of simplicity and minimalism, and eventually texture and suggested line, but the way one can show weight, and through that, potential, is increasingly interesting to me. Not too long ago, after seeing the work I had completed for his class, a teacher of mine suggested a take a look at a man called Richard Serra. When I look at his work, all I could think was, 'oh.'

Like a moment of sudden realization.

The next thought: that I had seen these before. Funny how you can be aware of something, but not aware that you're aware of it.

Serra's work includes many large scale sculptures, primarily of sheet metal.  As a member of the Process Art movement, the primary goal of the work was not the end product, but the initial act of creation.  It was more of a creative journey than anything else.

The conceptual aspect of art creation is something I haven't put a lot of thought into. I dislike talking about what my art 'means', or how the specific assembly of my work relays the struggle of the common man in the face of growing technological advancements in the face of a progressively increasing global economical understanding and...yea.

However, this is an idea that I have always enjoyed, even before I knew it was an official "art movement." I love the act of creating, the way one's ideas can eventually be found in the work they create and the process by which they solve creative problems and roadblocks to bring their ideas to reality. I'm glad, now, that I have a name to attach to that feeling.