Art in the Twenty-First Century

Part 1 of four. “Place” profiles sculptor Richard Serra, “street artists” Margaret Kilgallen and Barry McGee, photographer Sally Mann and installation artist Pepon Osorio. Places, says performance artist Laurie Anderson are “the jumping-off points for my imagination.” Serra, seen installing one of his massive steel-plate structures in the atrium of an office building, needs a big place for his works. McGee and Kilgallen make gallery art but prefer grafitti. Mann, known for nude photos of her children, is now doing landscapes. And, says Osorio: “I need to create a space. That is overpowering.”