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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Long, Richard Creator Nationality: European; British Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1945 Biography: Richard Long British, 1945 -Richard Long derives inspiration from his interaction with nature, experiencing the land through the English tradition of walking. He collects materials from these ventures,stones, willow branches, seaweed,and incorporates them into his on-site sculpture, often in arrangements such as a circle, spiral, line, or cross that conjure ancient patterns. Using his camera to document these temporary sculptures, Long explores the themes of transformation, the ephemerality of human existence on the land, and notions of time, place, and movement. Long's photographs record the transient aspects of his art-making process and address human presence through implication rather than direct representation. Long, who lives in his native Bristol,studied at the Bristol School of Art (1962) and St. Martin's School of Art, London (1966-68). He has been at the forefront of contemporary art for the past 25 years, with many one-person exhibitions throughout Europe, Australia, the United States, and Canada. In addition to his photographic triptych, the Cleveland Museum of Art owns a Long sculpture. A.W. Gender: M Creator Birth Place: Bristol, England Creator Name-CRT: Richard Long Title: Thirty-Seven Campfires, Mexico (Finding the first water into the canyon...) Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1987 Creation End Date: 1987 Creation Date: 1987 Object Type: Photographs Classification Term: Photography Materials and Techniques: gelatin silver print Dimensions: Image: 48cm x 71.1cm Inscriptions: Written in pencil on recto: "FINDING THE FIRST WATER INTO THE CANYON WITH THE LAST OF DAYLIGHT / A BOY BEATS A DRUM AS HE WALKS UP THE FOOTPATH. YELLOW BUTTERFLIES / A GOOD STICK FOR RIVER CROSSINGS. WHITE LIGHT OF A FULL MOON NIGHT / LYING BY A CAMPFIRE A FROG HOPS ONTO MY LEG. SPARKS AND SATELLITES / SITTING IN A WHIRLPOOL HOLLOW ON A WARM BOULDER WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW / CROUCHING ALONG TRAILS AMONGST THORN TREES. A DRIFTWOOD BEND BELOW A HAWK'S PERCH / MUFFLED ECHOING SPLASHES OF STONES THROWN INTO THE RIVER BETWEEN CLIFFS, SHOOTING STAR / A HIGH CAMP ON A STONE RIVERBED BY A TREE SPLITTING THE ROCK / TWO WATERMARKS BELOW TWO RAVENS BEFORE WALKING ON. GETTING HIGHER COLDER WINDIER CLOUDIER / THE SMELL OF PINES. THE PATTERN OF THE NEEDLES ON MY SLEEPING MAT/LYING IN COLD SUNSHINE DRINKING SOUP FOR LUNCH TALKING OF THIS AND THAT / DOWSING THE EMBERS AND LEAVING OUR RIVER STICKS. ORION MOVING BETWEEN THE PINES/DUSTY FOOTPRINTS THROUGH THE SNOW. SITTING WARM BENEATH THE SMOKE OF A CAVE FIRE." AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1995.30.b Credit Line: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Context: Richard Long's photographs are simple and direct, drawing on his perceptions of nature as encountered on long walking trips. His art embodies the essence of his experience, not a visual representation of it and thus signals a radical departure from traditional landscape depictions. The three prints comprising Thirty-Seven Campfires, Mexico record the wild terrain around the Rio Urique in the Mexican mountain range of Sierra Tarahumara, which Long and a friend explored on a six-day walking tour in 1987.In the text accompanying the photographs, Long explains the goals and artistic concepts that governed this particular journey. AMICA ID: CMA_.1995.30.b AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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