Serra has an interesting form of 3D art, involving the twisting of thin, long, tall pieces of metal into organic curving lines, or simple geometric forms. He has also used molten lead, in a more Jackson Polluck style, as well as rubber and fiberglass, all mediums which are rarely, if ever, used. Generally he seems to place his work in with sheet metal in a enclosed or very wide space where people are forced to walk by, being dwarfed by the massive pieces of metal.
His choice of metal and the way he uses it sports a heavy influence from the earlier mentioned Polluck, as well as many of the other abstract artists from the time. His work gives the same feeling of "energy and raw physicality", as his Art21 biography puts it. Some of his material, like the lead, also have a time based quality, changing as years pass to settle and take on a different sheen that they originally held.
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