walking
artist.
Since the early 1970s Hamish Fulton,born 1946,
has been labelled as a sculptor, photographer, Conceptual artist and Land artist.
Fulton, however, characterises himself as a 'walking artist'...
"Nature is the source of my art
and the art is a form of passive protest against the dominance of urban life.
I'm curious about the wilderness not the metropolis."
Hamish Fulton
and the art is a form of passive protest against the dominance of urban life.
I'm curious about the wilderness not the metropolis."
Hamish Fulton
Hamish Fulton
"Emerging in the late 1960s alongside artists including Richard Long and Gilbert and George, Hamish Fulton’s work began to explore new possibilities for sculpture and for a direct relationship between landscape and art, shifting the focus from the resulting art as an object on to the experience of the landscape. With influences ranging from American Indian culture to the subject of the environment itself, Fulton began to take short walks and take photographs to document the experiences of these walks. After a monumental journey walking 1,022 miles from John O’Groats to Lands End Fulton made walking the sole subject of… Emerging in the late 1960s alongside artists including Richard Long and Gilbert and George, Hamish Fulton’s work began to explore new possibilities for sculpture and for a direct relationship between landscape and art, shifting the focus from the resulting art as an object on to the experience of the landscape. With influences ranging from American Indian culture to the subject of the environment itself, Fulton began to take short walks and take photographs to document the experiences of these walks. After a monumental journey walking 1,022 miles from John O’Groats to Lands End Fulton made walking the sole subject of his art claiming to then make “only art resulting from the experience of individual walks”. He believes that each walk has a life of its own, and this cannot be rendered into a physical artwork; as the artist says “an artwork may be purchased but a walk cannot be sold”.
via eyestorm, here..
"Emerging in the late 1960s alongside artists including Richard Long and Gilbert and George, Hamish Fulton’s work began to explore new possibilities for sculpture and for a direct relationship between landscape and art, shifting the focus from the resulting art as an object on to the experience of the landscape. With influences ranging from American Indian culture to the subject of the environment itself, Fulton began to take short walks and take photographs to document the experiences of these walks. After a monumental journey walking 1,022 miles from John O’Groats to Lands End Fulton made walking the sole subject of… Emerging in the late 1960s alongside artists including Richard Long and Gilbert and George, Hamish Fulton’s work began to explore new possibilities for sculpture and for a direct relationship between landscape and art, shifting the focus from the resulting art as an object on to the experience of the landscape. With influences ranging from American Indian culture to the subject of the environment itself, Fulton began to take short walks and take photographs to document the experiences of these walks. After a monumental journey walking 1,022 miles from John O’Groats to Lands End Fulton made walking the sole subject of his art claiming to then make “only art resulting from the experience of individual walks”. He believes that each walk has a life of its own, and this cannot be rendered into a physical artwork; as the artist says “an artwork may be purchased but a walk cannot be sold”.
via eyestorm, here..
To Worcester 8 MilesEngland 1972
16 Pieces of Wood for Walking for 16 Days,
Camping for 16 Nights (USA/ New Mexico)
2006