Richard Long - Alan Cristea Gallery

Richard Long, Fingers on Fire, 2014 (2 panel carborundum relief)

Richard Long: The Spike Island Tapes is at Alan Cristea Gallery until 2 April 2015.
This is exciting. Richard Long has made a series of big prints, many in uncharacteristically vibrant colours. They are carborundum relief prints - as I understand it, a carborundum paste is (in this case) spread by hand onto 4 x 8 foot aluminium plates, sometimes with areas masked out; the paste dries to a rock hard textured surface which is inked, then wiped so that the ink remains within the texture; prints are then taken onto damp watercolour paper. The large sheets are then hung, sometimes combined to form 2, 3 or 4 panel pctures. Impressive stuff.
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Richard Long, Honky Tonk Women, 2014 (single panel carborundum relief)

Richard Long, Missippi River Blues, 2014 (4 panel carborundum relief)

Richard Long, Black Mountain Rag, 2014 (3 panel carborundum relief)

Richard Long, Simple Twist of Fate, 2014 (2 panel carborundum relief)

Richard Long, Sweet Old World, 2014 (Single panel carborundum relief)

Richard Long, The Spike Island Tapes, 2015, installation view)

Richard Long, The Spike Island Tapes, 2015, installation view)

Richard Long, The Spike Island Tapes, 2015, installation view)

Richard Long, Guitats, Cadillacs, 2014  (2 panel carborundum relief)