Throwing Snow into a Circle. A Seven Day Walk in the Glärnish Massif, Switzerland 1991 (from the portfolio ‘Dear Stieglitz’)
About this artwork
Richard Long’s photographs record interventions made in the natural landscape during his travels across the world. Unlike some Land Artists, Long doesn’t make drastic and permanent changes to the landscape. Instead, he rearranges materials from the surroundings to show the joint creative power of man and nature - placing snow in a circle in this image, for example. The photograph is from a portfolio called ‘Dear Stieglitz,’ named in homage to Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer and gallery owner who published the art-photography journal ‘Camera Work’ in the early Twentieth century. The portfolio features the work of artists whose photography ‘shows an obvious, personal and also very outspoken attitude towards their surroundings.’
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artist:Richard LongEnglish (born 1945)
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title:Throwing Snow into a Circle. A Seven Day Walk in the Glärnish Massif, Switzerland 1991 (from the portfolio ‘Dear Stieglitz’)
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date created:1994
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materials:Offset print in tritone
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measurements:40.00 x 50.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1997
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accession number:GMA 4191 M
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Richard Long
Richard Long
Long was born in Bristol, where he still lives. His work is about walking and the direct experience of nature. He trained from 1966-68 at St Martin's School of Art in London, where several of his contemporaries were busy questioning traditional forms of art. From the mid-1960s, while still a...
