HAMISH FULTON (1946 - )
A portfolio of four works entitled Kent, England 1971-1975. Complete with four landscape photographs by the English walking artist. Silver prints, the images measuring 244.5x365.1 mm; 9x14 inches, and the reverse, the mounts 501.7x628.7 mm; 19¾x24¾ inches, each with the printed title, dates, and location, and three with a descriptive caption, on mount recto, and each with a printed portfolio label with Fulton's signature and edition notation 27/50, in pencil, on mount verso. Elephant folio-sized brown paper box, the colophon with a reproduction and plate list. ONE OF AN EDITION OF 50 AND THREE ARTIST PROOFS. London: Desmond Page Limited, 1971-75; printed 1976.Hode Lane, 1971 * Whitehall Wood, 1972 * Landmark, 1974 * Circular Walks, 1972-75.Fulton argues that walking is an artform. He has walked in more than 25 countries in the past 30 years, including trips to the tops of Mount Everest and Denali. “If I do not walk, I cannot make a work of art,” Fulton explains. “The physical involvement of walking creates a receptiveness to the landscape. I walk on the land to be woven into nature. A road walk can transform the everyday world and give a heightened sense of human history.” Fulton translates his walks into other media, including photographs, wall texts, and drawings, allowing the viewer to participate in his primary medium.