{"id":49598,"date":"2020-03-25T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/?p=49598"},"modified":"2022-02-27T21:46:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T21:46:36","slug":"from-the-mao-archive-richard-longs-land-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/from-the-mao-archive-richard-longs-land-art\/","title":{"rendered":"From the MAO archive: Richard Long&#8217;s Land Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This is the first blog post in our #MAOarchive series. Discover past exhibitions, artists, events and stories from the gallery archive as we delve into our collection of photographs, programmes, correspondence and memories from Modern Art Oxford&#8217;s history since its opening in 1966.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First up is renowned British sculptor and land artist Richard Long, who exhibited at the gallery in 1971 and in 1979. His work is associated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/art-terms\/l\/land-art\">Land Art movement<\/a>, which seeks to marry art and landscape together.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-38278 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RLong1971.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38278 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 3300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 3300\/2247;\" \/><figcaption>Richard Long exhibition at Modern Art Oxford in 1971.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Long observed and celebrated patterns found and created in nature, such as \u2018a straight line in the grass made by the impression of his footsteps as he walked up and down the line\u2019, or \u2018a spiral of seaweed left on the seashore\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-38279 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RLong_0003-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38279 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 3416px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 3416\/2216;\" \/><figcaption>Richard Long exhibition at Modern Art Oxford in 1979.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-38280 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/1079-long-workshop.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38280 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 5028px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 5028\/3818;\" \/><figcaption>Negatives from a workshop held by Richard Long at Modern Art Oxford on the occasion of his exhibition in 1979.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>40 years on, we love the connections between Long\u2019s practice and the work of our How Nature Builds project participants, who have taken inspiration from layers, textures and shapes found in nature to create their own organic artworks. Explore the How Nature Builds 2020 photo gallery to discover more here.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-38281 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lillian-paintings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38281 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1882px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1882\/1369;\" \/><figcaption>Organic paintings made using spirulina, clay and teabags, by Lillian, How Nature Builds 2020 participant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-38282 size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Clay-slip-painting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38282 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1365px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1365\/1913;\" \/><figcaption>Clay slip painting made using clay collected from Wytham Woods, by Angela, How Nature Builds 2020 participant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow #MAOarchive on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mao_gallery\/\">Instagram<\/a> to discover more memories from the gallery&#8217;s history.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first blog post in our #MAOarchive series. Discover past exhibitions, artists, events and stories from the gallery archive as we delve into our collection of photographs, programmes, correspondence and memories from Modern Art Oxford&#8217;s history since its opening in 1966. First up is renowned British sculptor and land artist Richard Long, who&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/from-the-mao-archive-richard-longs-land-art\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">From the MAO archive: Richard Long&#8217;s Land Art<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From the MAO archive: Richard Long&#039;s Land Art - Modern Art Oxford<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From the MAO archive: Richard Long&#039;s Land Art - Modern Art Oxford\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the first blog post in our #MAOarchive series. 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