Richard Long

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"In 1967, Richard Long, then twenty-two years old and a student at Saint Martin's School of Art in London, walked back and forth along a straight line in the grass in the English countryside, leaving a track that he then photographed in black and white. The resulting work, A Line Made by Walking, was not only the starting point for Long's career as an artist but also a landmark for a new kind of art emerging in Europe and the Americas. Although A Line Made by Walking is an instantly recognizable work, no detailed analysis of this foundational piece has yet been published. At a time when Richard Long's career is being celebrated and reassessed, this study by writer and curator Dieter Roelstraete could not be more timely."

subjects: Criticism and interpretation,  Art criticism,  Sculpture, great britain,  Earthworks (Art),  Conceptual art,  Long, richard , 1945-,  Criticism and interpretationlong, richard , 1945-,  Earthworks (art)--england,  Conceptual art--england,  N6797.l66 r64 2010,  709,  Art, british

People: Richard Long (1945-)