"A nature-lover and walker from an early age, Froebel had a passion for the patterns of phenomena, and in particular for what he called “the deeper lying unity of natural objects”. It was for this reason that the early Froebelian kindergartens had few figurative toys. Instead of trains, dolls and knights, there were wooden cubes and spheres, coloured squares and circles, pebbles, shells and pick-up-sticks....”
by Robert MacFarlane
Richard Long first studied at the College of Art in Bristol going on to further studies at St Martin's School of Art in London. His work uses 'walking' as a method to generate sculpture and photographs and text based work which have become a hallmark of land based artwork during the 1970's and 1980's.
His earliest pieces were made in his local environment of Bristol but since his reputation has grown in International terms his work has taken him worldwide. He has exhibited in over 300 group and solo exhibitions since 1975 and his work is included in the collection of every major contemporary art museum. In London's Tate Modern his work was installed in a gallery in the opening selection of work in May 2000, alongside that of Claude Monet whose work also reflects a relationship with nature.
I felt that i can relate my work to Richard Long for he creates archetypal geometric forms such as circles and spirals using natural materials. This is a good reference for the development of my audience brief.
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