This article concerns an interview with the North American artist Richard Serra (1939-) conducted by Peter Eisenman (North American architect, 1932-) in 1983. Both artists were already prestigious in their areas, and that resulted in a deep and diverging debate, whose aspects will be investigated. This article starts with a study of the main issues of the interview: the different notions each artist had embracing the concept of modern sculpture, the question of allusion in sculpture and architecture, their divergences on their ways of developing their work, and how they interact with the site. Moreover, this interview was interpreted in its contribution to the overall discussion on art and architecture, and in its auspice on the borderline between sculpture and architecture.
north american architecture; Richard Serra; Peter Eisenman; north american art; history of art
