Waterline, 1989

On the left: Romulus Circle, 1994
On the right: Rivoli Mud Circle, 1996

Wind Line Walk, 1992

Sella Circle. An Eight Day Walk in the South Tyrol, Italy, 1996

 

Richard Long was born in Bristol, England, in 1945. In the 1970s his artistic activities began to incorporate elementary actions such as walking in the outdoors, documenting his movements and their impact on the environment through drawings and photographs.

This impact was eventually reconsidered as the creation of simple geometric shapes. For example, in 1967 Long created a work by walking across a field, leaving a track in the grass that resembled a grid.