Weathering Steel, 14.7 to 16.7 metres in height (each)

Richard Serra (born 1938, United States)

Set in a natural corridor formed by gypsum plateaus, East-West/West-East spans more than a kilometre in length and crosses the peninsula of the Brouq Nature Reserve connecting the waters of the Gulf. East-West/West-East consists of four steel plates that rise from 14.7 to 16.7 metres above the ground and level to each other and the gypsum plateaus on either side. Despite the great distance that the plates span, all four can be seen and explored from either end of the sculpture. East-West/West-East is the second installation by the world-renowned artist Richard Serra; it follows the artist’s first public artwork in the Middle East, 7, installed at MIA Park in 2011.