Nasher Sculpture Center

Serra's monumental works emphasize concepts fundamental to sculpture: mass and form, material and process, site and context. My Curves Are Not Mad is an overwhelming physical presence: each plate is forty-four feet long, fourteen feet tall, and weighs over fifty thousand pounds. Its curves seem to lean precariously and carve out unexpected shifts in volume and depth, making the experience of walking between the plates a bit unsettling. The warm, reddish-brown tone and soft texture of the weathered Cor-Ten steel make the work as visually stunning as it is physically imposing. At such a large scale, the sculpture defines space and transforms its surroundings. A particular irony results from the installation here: the natural forms of the garden are quite orderly in their rectilinear arrangement, while the hard, industrial material of the sculpture curves organically.