Popped out at lunchtime to visit the Richard Long show at the Haunch Of Venison gallery.
I liked it. I liked that it was quick to visit but still worthwhile. I liked that he's picked a thing to do and he keeps doing it, you don't get the sense that's he relentlessly searching for novelty, he's found something that he thinks is good and he's been doing it since the 60s. And he's had a consistent typographical and graphic approach which gives the stuff a pleasingly timeless quality, like those Swiss railway clocks.
But most of all I think I envied his life. It seems like a great gig. Though I'm sure there is much travail along the way.
The title of one of his works reminded me of a post I want to do about the benefits of simplicity and of complexity. Must get around to that.
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