2007
Haunch of Venison, London
Softcover
128 pages
193 × 287 mm
Richard Long has been in the vanguard of conceptual art in Britain since he created A Line Made by Walking over half a century ago in 1967, while still a student. This photograph of the path left by his feet in the grass, a fixed line of movement, established a precedent that art could be a journey. Through this medium of walking, time, space and distance became new subjects for his art. From that time he expanded his walks to wilderness regions all over the world, including a walk in the Alps that was documented by his first text work for the seminal exhibition of Minimal and Conceptual works entitled When Attitude Becomes Form at the Kunsthalle Bern in 1969.
[Lisson Gallery]
Selected Statements and Interviews is the first publication to draw together a number of Richard Long's own writings on his work alongside several interviews from the past thirty years. These texts are punctuated by photographic and text works chosen by Long.
The book is produced in black and white with the black paper cover screenprinted with Long's signature and one of a number of stamps used throughout his works on paper.
