The City of Beverly Hills has added two new extraordinary sculptures to the public art collection of over 60 pieces on display throughout the City.
Richard Serra’s Twins located on Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Drive was dedicated to the City on Sept. 21 as a loan, providing City Hall with a magnificent complement to the landscape.
Mayor Julian Gold said, “We are honored to accept this beautiful and impressive sculpture and thank the Gagosian Gallery for this generous loan to the City.”
Richard Serra is an internationally renowned American born artist who frequently works in large-scale assemblies of sheet metal. Twins, conceived in 1972 and created in 1993, consists of two rolled Cor-Ten steel plates. Each plate is 10’ x 40’ x 1 7/8” and weighs 9,000 pounds.
The Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, a long-time member of the Beverly Hills community, celebrates the 20th anniversary of the gallery on Camden Drive this year. “We are so pleased to provide this loan by the world’s preeminent living sculptor to our beautiful city,” Gagosian’s Director Deb McLeod said. “Richard Serra Twins is a deeply engaging and powerful work – just walk around it to discover how dynamic it is! And it sets the bar high for Beverly Hills public art, just where it belongs.”
