Showing posts with label Richard Long. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Long. Show all posts

Monday, September 16, 2013

Five New (to me) Earthworks & Part II to an Old Favorite

From Ends of the Earth: Art of the Land to 1974 (in conjunction with the traveling exhibition at MOCA and Haus der Kunst, Munich 2012-2013)


Robert Kinmont, 8 Natural Handstands, 1969/2009

Each handstand is a sculptural act emulating an upside-down view of Atlas holding up the world. See the rest here.



Avital Geva, Covering of Sidewalks and Roads with Silage, 1971


Milenko Natanovic (Oho Group), Wheat and Rope, 1969


Richard Long, A Line the Same Length as a Straight Walk from the Bottom to the Top of Silbury Hill, 1970/2012

Here is an excellent link showing it's recreation last year.


Cildo Meireles, Physical Art Cords / 30 KM Extended Line, 1969 (image via)



John Baldessari, California Map Project Part II: State Capital, 1969

Baldessari inserted a red star indicating "capital" on a map in front of the physical capitol building in Sacramento.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Where the Mountains Meet the Sea: Mountains Part 1


Richard Long, Line in Himalayas, 1975


Florian Maier-Aichen, Chamonix-Rue Nationale et Le Mont Blanc, 2007


Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Monuments: Crude Oil Prices, 2003-2008


Matthew Brandt, Shasta Lake, CA 4, 2009 (Type C print dipped in Shasta Lake)


Abelardo Morell, Grand Tetons Resort Room, 1997


Mariele Neudecker, Unrecallable Now, 1998


Gabriel Orozco, Untitled, 1992


Martin Parr, From Objects and Postcards, 2008


Gerhard Richter, Davos, 1981


Ed Ruscha, 1998


Stephen Shore, U.S. 97 South of Klamath Falls, 1973


Alec Soth, Cape Girardeau, Missouri


Thomas Struth, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, 1999


Tilby Vattard, L'autre rive