Hamish Fulton |
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Walking is the Constant
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| Danese is pleased to announce an exhibition of photo text works by Hamish
Fulton opening Friday, February 18th and continuing through Saturday, March
18th. Born in London in 1946 of Scottish descent, Fulton’s work is among the most innovative and compelling conceptual art to have emerged from England in the 1960’s. Works in this exhibition, produced over the last decade, demonstrate his continuing inquiry into the literal and philosophical act of undertaking an extended journey by foot and the subsequent relationship of his art to that experience. For Fulton, these walks embrace a tradition that includes: the walk in the Emersonian sense of a transcendental communion with nature; the walk as a means of self-discovery and spiritual enlightenment; the walk as pilgrimage; the walk as ceremonial and mystical journey, as practiced by Native Americans whom he greatly admires; the walk as a pastoral English custom; the walk as a union of the Dionysian and the Apollonian – the active and the contemplative life in balance. The photo-texts, some of which measure 4x5 feet, can be perceived as records of the walk, as well as independent works of art, separate from that experience. Fulton’s journeys, which may be as long as twenty-one days or more, are undertaken in natural, or even wilderness environments, and have occurred in such varied locations as Spain, Alaska, Iceland, Nepal, Japan, among others. Hamish Fulton has clearly articulated the act of walking and its relationship to the process of creating art: |
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A WALK HAS A LIFE OF ITS OWN
AND DOES NOT NEED TO BE MATERIALIZED INTO AN ARTWORK THE ARTWORK CANNOT RE-PRESENT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE WALK AN ARTWORK MAY BE PURCHASED BUT A WALK CANNOT BE SOLD WALKING IS THE CONSTANT THE ART MEDIUM IS THE VARIABLE |
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| Educated at the Hammersmith, St. Martin’s and Royal Colleges of Art, Hamish Fulton has exhibited at museums and galleries throughout the world for over thirty years. His work is included in many public collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo; The Kunstmuseum Basel; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; The Tate Gallery, London; the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; and, The National Museum, Osaka. Fulton lives and works in Canterbury, England. |
