| Walking in the landscape has remained the basis of Long's subsequent practice but over the past 40 years he has extended his concerns to encompass photographic and text-based work, sculptures made in stone and wood, small-scale works using handprints and fingerprints on paper and driftwood, and monumental wall drawings made using mud and china clay. His works articulate ideas about time and space, relativity, natural forces and human experience. Two large semi-circular works - a sculpture in local stone on the floor and a drawing in River Avon mud on the wall - will form the basis of the Berlin show, establishing a dynamic correspondence across the gallery space. On the gallery mezzanine Long will show a selection of new driftwood works and a new group of prints based on one of the artist's signatory motifs, his own handprint. A group of recent photographic works relating to walks made in California, Scotland, Greece and South Africa will also be exhibited. Richard Long's work is characterized by simplicity, precision and economy, yet explores conceptually complex themes and ideas. While a student in the '60s in London, Long began to make works based on simple yet precise walks made in the landscape, and in doing so initiated a major development in post-war art. (Haunch of Venison) |
