A line of moments... Light and darkness in Richard Long’s text works
Since 1982, at the seminal show 'When Attitudes become Form', Richard Long has been creating complex text works from walking and experiencing the world as he passes through it. This essays explores both the joy of life and its dark shadow; death. Introduction
Richard Long’s text works are perhaps his most austere in their aesthetic and formal composition, consequently they are often seen as his most esoteric. These works fit into a peculiar location somewhere between a phi