A Line Made by Walking
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A Line Made by Walking is a seminal 1967 land art piece by British artist Richard Long, created by repeatedly walking a straight path through a field to leave a temporary trace in the landscape.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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land art work ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
process over permanent object
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relationship between body and landscape ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Richard Long NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
field
ⓘ
straight line in grass ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal work in land art history ⓘ |
| documentedAs | photographic image plus caption ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
ⓘ
land art ⓘ |
| hasEffect | temporary trace in the landscape ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicDocumentation | black-and-white photograph ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
minimal gesture in landscape
ⓘ
site-specific intervention ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| influenced |
subsequent land art practices
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walking art ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
action in landscape
ⓘ
performance ⓘ photograph ⓘ |
| methodOfCreation | repeated walking along a straight path ⓘ |
| movement |
Conceptual art movement
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Land art movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of land art
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ephemeral intervention in nature ⓘ use of walking as artistic process ⓘ |
| partOf | Richard Long’s early works ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical analysis
ⓘ
exhibition catalogues ⓘ |
| temporalNature | ephemeral ⓘ |
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