Richard Long

<p>Sperone Westwater is pleased to announce Richard Long's 17th exhibition with the gallery since his first in 1976. A new, monumental mud work, FULL MOON, 2025, will be presented alongside sculptures, photographs, and text-based works spanning more than three decades. In FULL MOON, human and cosmic forces combine in a singular image. Long takes a direct and improvisational approach, leveraging gravity and his own bodily force when applying terra cotta directly onto the wall with his hand. Forging new connections between sculpture and nature, the human instinct for mark-making is continually evident in Long's art. Long began his practice of walking as a student in Bristol in the 1960s, making subtle sculptures in the landscape. The spirit of this creative act endures in Long's art as he continues celebrating the natural world and the individual's place within it. The traces of Long's walks are evidenced in text-based works, photographs, and sculptures made along the way from materials of each place. Two new stone sculptures will be created in the gallery for the exhibition: one made of slate shingles and the other from flint from Norfolk, England.</p>