Seven Small Mountains. Wyoming 2017

Hamish Fulton

Seven Small Mountains. Wyoming 2017, 201710.6 x 50.5cmSign in to view price
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text on wood
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This minimalist artwork features a striking black-and-white landscape composition. The geometric, jagged shapes of the mountains or peaks dominate the scene, creating a sense of rugged, mountainous terrain. The use of high-contrast monochrome colors gives the piece a bold, graphic aesthetic, emphasizing the strength and power of the mountain forms. The artist likely intended to evoke a sense of the natural world's grandeur and the human experience of awe and wonder in the face of such towering, primal landscapes. ...

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Artist
Hamish Fulton
B.1946, British

Hamish Fulton is a self-characterized ‘walking artist’. He works with painting, sketching, drawing and text-based methods to create pieces that sensorially evoke the experience of his walks. Working in tranquil color palettes, Fulton traces alpine outlines, while abstract mountain motifs might be cut in wood fragments and small fragments of a particular landscape that he photographed may be included. Text is frequently overlayed or woven into these aesthetic recordings, with words reflecting his subjective experience of these journeys. Calming and meditative, these works reflect Fulton’s deep-rooted desire for a sense of connection with nature. This passion was instigated in the 1960s whilst Fulton was studying at St Martin’s School of Art. During breaks, Fulton travelled to Montana and South Dakota and durational walks in these landscapes ignited a sense of intimacy with nature. Aiming to distance himself from the Land Artists, Fulton always leaves the habitats he encounters unscathed, no mark is left in the landscape except for his footprints. Counterculture mountaineers such as Doug Scott and Wojciech Kurtyka serve as foundational figures for Fulton, and Indigenous relationships to land also function as guides for his ongoing practice. In the artist’s own words ‘My art is a passive protest against urban societies that alienate people from the world of nature’, and he hopes his art will inspire others to follow in his footsteps. ...

Hamish Fulton: Artworks
Boulder, Iceland, 2008
Hamish Fulton
Boulder, Iceland, 2008, 2008
73 x 85 x 5cm
Seven Small Mountains. Wyoming 2017
Hamish Fulton
Seven Small Mountains. Wyoming 2017, 2017
10.6 x 50.5cm
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