Work data:
Author: Richard Long (Bristol, United Kingdom, 1945)
Title: Braga Circle
Year of creation: 2003
Materials and dimensions: red stones. 500 centimeters
Richard Long's work is closely linked to Land Art. His creations use the landscape and the most basic natural materials: stones, mud, grass, seaweed... It is always a light, simple intervention that avoids monumentality and is, in many cases, ephemeral. He does not aim to provoke major changes; he simply leaves a trace, a mark, a sign. His most iconic works are the result of his long walks through remote corners of the planet. However, he also creates works inside galleries and museums, and in public spaces.
A circle of red stones marks the chosen spot, a simple response to how he feels about this natural environment. The circle is simple, neutral, abstract, yet powerful, evocative of ancient rituals, mysterious traces left by our ancestors.
Long, the walking artist, invites us to think about our relationship with nature, always fragile, always changing.