Hamish Fulton

 
Hamish Fulton (born 1946 in London) began his career at the end of the 1960s, defining himself as a "walking artist" in order to distinguish his work from the practices of Land Art which it had initially been likened to. His is an experiential art, one which feeds off the places visited on foot in natural settings (especially those of the mountainside) from Europe to South America, and from Tibet to Japan. Starting from the 1990s, a part of his work shifted towards a participatory dimension, finalised towards the sharing of the walking experience, and which has since also been applied and developed in urban contexts.

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Hamish Fulton - From Here to Tibet - A conversation between two walking artists. March 2019 – July 2020
2022
English edition
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
Fulton and Höpfner's long-term correspondence on art, landscape, and the aesthetic and political dimensions of walking.
Hamish Fulton - Canto di strada (2 books)
2015
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
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sold out
The exhibition Canto di strada placed Fulton's & Höpfner's work side by side identifying a common ground for comparison in a 14-day walking journey through the Supramonte and Gennargentu mountains in Sardinia. The artists undertook separate journeys, experiencing a total immersion in the harsh environment without even meeting each other. Their respective approaches have been documented in two separate booklets.


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