I had the opportunity to see this amazing Richard Serra sculpture at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. It is called Sequence and measures 67 feet long, 42 feet wide, and 13 feet high. The sculpture is made up of gigantic plates of steel that are about two inches thick, and guests are encouraged to walk through it. Although it is a single sculpture, it seems like many because the view changes continuously as you walk through it and around, and the patterns of light and shadow change as the sun moves across the sky.

The museum has a fascinating 7-minute film showing the installation of the sculpture. Apparently it was necessary to pour a special concrete pad to hold the sculpture’s 200 ton weight. The amazing thing is that this piece is on loan. It had been displayed previously at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 2008 to 2011 and in 2016 it will be moved to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Moving the piece involves a dozen over-sized load flatbed trucks, a team of world class riggers and a giant crane.