Sir Richard Long - Artist and Sculptor. For services to Art. |
This is a recent video made about the nature of his preoccupations in terms of art and the art he has made - and the largest retrospective ever held of his work - at Houghton Hall between 30th April to 26th October 2017. It shows him creating his artworks in the recent exhibition - which is fascinating of itself. (Check out the profile of his eyebrows which are sculptures in their own right!)
Below it are articles about the knighthood and older ones about his work
RICHARD LONG: EARTH SKY from NUA Film and Moving Image on Vimeo.
When the land art comes inside Temporary exhibition of the work of Richard Long at The Hepworth Wakefield |
Articles about Richard Long
About the Knighthood
- Richard Long Knighted In New Year’s Honours List 2018 | Artlyst
- New Year’s Honours 2018: land art trailblazer Richard Long is made a knight | The Art Newspaper
About his art
- Richard Long interview: free spirit of the hitchhiker generation | The Daily Telegraph
- Nicholas Serota discusses how his A Line Made by Walking (1967) changed our whole concept of sculpture in Nicholas Serota: How Long's artwork changed our world | The Independent
- Richard Long goes for a walk through boyhood haunts with latest sculpture | The Guardian
- County diary: lines made by walking | The Guardian
- Richard Long: 'I'm proud of being the first person to cross Dartmoor in a straight line' | The Guardian
- Richard Long's Earth Sky at Houghton Hall | The Telegraph
- Earthly delights: Richard Long unveils a series of art installations at Houghton Hall | The Telegraph
- A Turner Prize Winner Brings Blue Sky Thinking to the British Countryside | Vogue
Sir Richard Long's contribution to art is rightly rewarded with an honour. I feel that his work draws attention to the art that surrounds us and is so easily overlooked that being - nature itself, its fragility and the ephemeral quality of life. I do question the honours list, feeling that often those selected are chosen for the wrong reasons. I do believe that there are many people that are overlooked such as those in Society who quietly work away helping others but - Richard Long - yes, he should be a Sir.
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