Richard Long has been recognized for his significant contribution to the Conceptual and Minimal art movements of the early 1970s. He is usually associated with British Land Art, those artists... Read full biography
Richard Long has been recognized for his significant contribution to the Conceptual and Minimal art movements of the early 1970s. He is usually associated with British Land Art, those artists creating earthworks in nature. His works most often include objects and substances taken from nature such... Read full biography
Richard Long has been recognized for his significant contribution to the Conceptual and Minimal art movements of the early 1970s. He is usually associated with British Land Art, those artists creating earthworks in nature. His works most often include objects and substances taken from nature such as mud, and his pieces document his relationship with the landscapes of the places he visits. An avid traveler, Long uses available materials from the sites he visits; silt from rivers, stone and wood... Read full biography
Richard Long has been recognized for his significant contribution to the Conceptual and Minimal art movements of the early 1970s. He is usually associated with British Land Art, those artists creating earthworks in nature. His works most often include objects and substances taken from nature such as mud, and his pieces document his relationship with the landscapes of the places he visits. An avid traveler, Long uses available materials from the sites he visits; silt from rivers, stone and wood fragments found on location. Not only are his materials organic, so are his arrangements. Long is notorious for using natural form, creating spirals, lines and circles sometimes even his footprints are incorporated. They express his presence, his... Read full biography
Richard Long has been recognized for his significant contribution to the Conceptual and Minimal art movements of the early 1970s. He is usually associated with British Land Art, those artists creating earthworks in nature. His works most often include objects and substances taken from nature such as mud, and his pieces document his relationship with the landscapes of the places he visits. An avid traveler, Long uses available materials from the sites he visits; silt from rivers, stone and wood fragments found on location. Not only are his materials organic, so are his arrangements. Long is notorious for using natural form, creating spirals, lines and circles sometimes even his footprints are incorporated. They express his presence, his experience, privately within a landscape. He has created gallery installations built out of quarry stone taken from Cornwall as well as dr... Read full biography
Richard Long - Artist Info
About Richard Long: Books
Books & Publications (17)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Earthworks and Beyond: Contempory Art in the Landscape
2006
Beardsley, John
239 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media
1998
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall
560 pages (color)
Visual Arts in the 20th Century
1997
Lucie-Smith, Edward
400 pages (color)
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996
Barbara and Peter Toohil
363 pages (color)
Art of the Postmodern Era From the Late 1960s to the Early 1990s
1996
Sandler, Irving
636 pages (color)
Drawing the Line Reappraising Drawing Past and Present (Exhibition catalog)
1995
Craig-Martin, Michael
108 pages (color)
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
The Paine Webber Art Collection
1995
Flam, Jack; Donald Marron
304 pages (color)
Modernism in Dispute Art Since the Forties
1992
Wood, Paul (others)
267 pages (color)
Breakthroughs Avant-Garde Artists in Europe & America 1950-1990
1991
Wexner Center, Ohio State U
310 pages (color)
A Concise History of Modern Painting
1988
Read, Herbert
418 pages (color)
New Art
1984
Freeman, Phyllis
207 pages (color)
4 Artists and the Map Image, Process, Data, Place (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Smith, Roberta
40 pages (color)
SoHo, New York Downtown Mahhattan/Berliner Festwochen (Exhibition catalog)