Richard Long, A Line in Bolivia - Kicked Stones (2 Versions) 1981
© Richard Long
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A key element in Long’s art is the way he imposes order on objects he has found or collected at random. He often arranges naturally-occurring forms into circles or straight lines. There is often a tension between the orderliness of such arrangements and more random elements. This duality is introduced here by the fact that the stones have been arranged into a rectangular pattern by the relatively haphazard process of kicking.
March 2004
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