A Line made by Walking - Richard Long 1967 ( just a line)💀😭
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vAlign made by walking raises questions about what
Humans relationship with nature expressed through the way we walk
What is the color of the line?
Kind of white
How long is the line?
30 feet
Describe the field it's in
Scrubby grass and tiny flowers
What do we discover when looking closer at the line?
It's not painted
What changes made to the grass by flattening down the grass?
The way it reflects the light
For long, the photograph was only_____of the work
The documentation
What do things serve as the piece of art itself?
The act of walking to create it
And the temporary sculpture created
The product of walking back-and-forth can be characterized as what type of artwork
Sculpture
How long did he walk to create the sculpture?
20 minutes
Where is the Work located?
London
What did Carolyn Tisdale write about pertaining to the work of art?
It's permanent and temporary nature
What did she say was the most temporary?
The traces left in the grass
What did she say? The traces in the grass represent?
The number of times the artist passed over the same spot
What two art styles is a line made by walking
Land, art, and conceptual art
The different styles inside a line made by walking, change the definition of walking between what two meanings
Basic human function and artistic practice
When was the land art movement?
Late 1960s and 1970s
Why did land art artists make physical interventions into the natural environment?
To change the way, A visitor sees or thinks about that place
Why did land art by necessity deal with walking?
Spectators had to move around the site to fully appreciate the art
One example of land art is from an artist named
Walter de Maria
Walter De Maria made what art
Las Vegas peace 1969
Las Vegas peace describe
Sunken path carved into tule desert in Nevada
What did De Maria forbade with Las Vegas piece and why
No photographs from the air so it could only be experienced on foot
What emerged around the same time as land art
Conceptual art
Describe the importance of conceptual art
The finished product is less important than the idea or concept
Conceptual art was interested in what two things
Repetitive forms and predetermined processes
Scripts
Predetermined processes
Who is an American artist that described conceptual art
Sol lawitt
Sol Lewitt noted what things about conceptual art
Planning and decisions are made beforehand
Sol Lewitt says the execution of conceptual art is a
Perfunctory affair
What makes the art in conceptual art?
The idea
Two examples of conceptual art pieces
Walking in an exaggerated manner around the perimeter of a square 1967-68
Following piece , 1969
Walking in an exaggerated manner around the perimeter of a square is what kind of art medium?
Video
Who created walking in an exaggerated manner around the perimeter of the square
Bruce Nauman
Who made the following piece?
Vito Acconci
In the following piece, the artist did what
Selected random strangers to follow around New York City
What artist is known for stalking?
Vito Acconci
What did these two pieces of art both use?
A script
What did they use a script for?
Stage walking related actions
Long usually refers to himself as a
Sculptor
The duration of most of his pieces are
Temporary
In what ways is his work made permanent?
Photographs, writings, and maps documentation
Where and when was Richard Long born
Bristol England, 1945
What generation was Richard Long born in
Britain's baby boomer generation
As a child, what did long accompany his parents on?
Walking holidays
From when to when did he study at a local art school?
1962-1965
What was the name of this local art school?
The west of England College of art in Bristol
What did he do in 1966?
Began sculpture at Saint Martin school of Art in London
Saint Martin's school of art was one of the most
Prestigious schools in Post war Britain
During his time there, the sculpture department at the school was dominated by who
Anthony Carro
Anthony Care dominated the sculpture faculty in what decade
1960s
What was Anthony Carro known for?
Large scale works exploring equilibrium and balance
What materials and artistic characteristics were in Caros work?
Bright colors and industrial materials
Anthony Carroll used what methods for teaching
Experimental instructional methods
What about Anthony Carro inspired pushback among his students
His fame
What people in the generation of the 1960s turned away from Caro's example 3
Richard Long
Hamish Fulton
Bruce McLean
What three words could be used to describe the works of these men who turned away from Carl's example
Transient
Self deprecating
Intimate
Anthony Carro Work can be described as what three things
Permanent
Grandios
Monumental
when did long make a line made by walking?
1967
How old was he when he made a line made by walking
22 years old
After creating a line made by walking he has created artwork related to what
Walking related pieces
Long has created installations that bring what where
Natural materials like mud and stones to traditional galleries
When did Long win a award?
1989
What award did he win?
Turner prize
Describe how the Turner prize is awarded
Annually to the best exhibition in a British museum or gallery
What style of art has long been most associated with pioneering?
Land art
Land art has been tied to what movement
Environmentalist movement
What do things does the environmentalist movement focus on?
Land conservation and resource stewardship
What four people are the best known land artists
Robert Smithson
Nancy Holt
Michael Heizer
Walter de Maria
What did these Otis not do however
Think about the environment impact
How did Heiser ignore environmental concerns?
Bulldozing the land carving trenches into rock
Who was known for
"pour Works"?
Smithson
How did Smithson pollute the environment?
Industrial chemicals
What is a notable artwork polluting the environment with industrial chemicals?
Glue our 1969
Where did these artists create their land art pieces primarily
Open Spaces of American Southwest
What was the historical characteristic of modification to the American Southwest?
Land modification went along with manifest destiny
What could be a reason why these land artists created their pieces in the American Southwest
Because land modification went along with manifest destiny
British land art attended to have_______and______
Quieter impact and more limited scope
What art creator, contrasted American land art with British land art
Dieter Roelstraete
Dieter Roelstraete contrasted what 2 things?
Aggressive, macho, ethic of American land, art and humility in the face of nature English land art
The aggressive macho ethic of land art often resulted in
Large scale industrial constructed interventions
English land artists three
Long
Fulton
Andy Goldsworthy
Through what two things does a line made by walking differ from American land art
Humble scale and respect for natural material
A line made by walking differs from American land artists mainly in the fact that
Walking is indicative of British culture
What has a long history in the British Isles?
Walking for pleasure