10/10/2012

Richard Long



The Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Hepworth Wakefield Gallery are holding concurrent Richard Long exhibitions, last chance to see them as they close on the 14th October 2012 (there is a video on the Hepworth Wakefield Gallery site - see below). If you can't make it to the exhibition Richard Long has an excellent website- recommend taking a look click here 
'Long’s work comes from his love of nature and through the experience of making solitary walks. These take him through rural and remote areas in Britain, or as far afield as the plains of Canada, Mongolia and Bolivia. Long never makes significant alterations to the landscapes he passes through. Instead he marks the ground or adjusts the natural features of a place by up-ending stones for example, or making simple traces. He usually works in the landscape but sometimes uses natural materials in the gallery. His work explores relationships between time, distance, geography, measurement and movement.' Tate
For full details of the exhibitions including a video see Hepworth Wakefield Gallery and Yorkshire Sculpture Park