Hickory Wind

Richard Long | Houston

Arts Houston Hickory Wind painting

Location: Allen Center, 500 Dallas Street, Houston, TX 77002

Hickory Wind, 2014

A single panel carborundum relief printed in Black/Ultramarine

Blue ink mix on Hahnemuhle Etching White 350 gsm paper

81″ x 52.5″

Richard Long (b.1945) is an English sculptor and one of the best known British land artists. Several of his works were based around walks that he has made, and as well as land based natural sculpture, he uses the mediums of photography, text and maps of the landscape he has walked over. He currently lives and works in Bristol, the city in which he was born. Long studied at Saint Martin’s School of Art before going on to create work using various media including sculpture, photography and text. His work is on permanent display in Britain at the Tate and Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery as well as galleries in America, Switzerland and Australia.