Richard Serra let go of painting at that moment, but he didn't let go of art. He moved to New York City, and he put together a list of verbs — to roll, to crease, to fold — more than a hundred of them, and as he said, he just started playing around. He did these things to all kinds of material. He would take a huge sheet of lead and roll it up and unroll it. He would do the same thing to rubber, and when he got to the direction "to lift," he created this, which is in the Museum of Modern Art.
I det øjeblik gav Richard Serra slip på malerkunsten, men han gav ikke slip på kunsten selv. Han flyttede til New York og begyndte at samle en liste over verber — at rulle, at krølle, at folde — over hundrede af dem, og som han sagde, så begyndte han at eksperimentere. Han gjorde det med alle slags materialer. Han tog en kæmpe plade bly, rullede den sammen og rullede den ud igen. Han gjorde det samme med gummi, og da han kom til "at løfte", skabte han denne her, som udstilles på Museum for Moderne Kunst.