A new exhibit just opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, “Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective.”
Serra is best known for massive sculptures made of steel, but drawing is still a key part of his work. Some of the works in the exhibit are large drawings on paper or cloth, but the show also includes sketchbooks:

Asked about the importance of drawing in relation to his much better known sculpting, Serra said he always carries a sketchbook and draws constantly.

“Your eye is a muscle, you have to keep it in shape and the more you draw, the more you see,” he said.

Also included at the show’s end are over 25 of the artist’s sketchbooks, with drawings he made while traveling in Egypt, Iceland, Peru and other places.

“The notebooks ground people’s perception of the work and it gives them an experience of who is this person who is making this work and what his interests might be,” Serra said, referring to himself. “What does this guy do when he is in the world, in his daily life?”

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