Serra pushes the spectators experience past the purely visual or optical act towards a fully physical, or bodily participation. Richard has been inspired by Maya Lin, Vito Acconci and a many of other artists and colleagues. Serra had set foot into the environment of art when had turned four on his birthday, which at the time was during the launch of an oil tanker at the Marine Shipyard in San Francisco. Serra was inspired by the splendid view and at the time had been learning how to draw, and he has believed added to the growth to his imagination. It had also gave him the confidence and personal strength to publicly display his art and artistic future.
Before, In 1957, Richard Serra, studied at University of California. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English Literature, in 1961. He went back to college, to study painting at Yale University. In 1663, he began working with Josef Albers on his book The Interaction of