Richard Serra's Verb List

Richard Serra's Verb List include various action words. Serra described the list as a series of “actions to relate to oneself, material, place, and process,” and used it as a kind of guide for his subsequent practice in multiple mediums. The list has helped me think about alternative ways to approach my material.

Richard Serra. Verb List. 1967–68. Graphite on paper, 2 sheets, each 10 x 8" (25.4 x 20.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist in honor of Wynn Kramarsky. © 2011 Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York