In samenwerking met Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf.

RICHARD LONG – SATELLITES
As part of an exhibition project for the 80th birthday of the British artist (born June 2, 1945, Bristol, GB), in collaboration with numerous institutions in the Rhineland[1], the DKM Museum presents the exhibition Lines Over Time.
Richard Long is one of the leading representatives of Land Art, which developed starting in the 1960s. His works are characterized by simplicity and a poetic power that arises from interaction with nature.

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KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf
Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf
Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Museum DKM, Duisburg
Folkwang Museum, Essen
Schloss Crottorf, Friesenhagen
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve
Museum Ludwig, Köln
Haus Esters / Haus Lange, Krefeld
Langen Foundation, Neuss
Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal
Von der-Heydt Museum, Wuppertal

Since the opening of Museum DKM in 2009, the work of Richard Long has held a central position within the Collection Krämer-Maas . A dedicated artist’s room has since been an integral part of the museum’s permanent exhibition. Significant works by the British artist had already been acquired in the early 1980s—most notably the monumental Cornish Slate Circle (1983), which continues to define the space as a permanent floor installation. Formed from 84 irregularly shaped slate stones from Cornwall, this circle is more than a sculpture: it is a symbol of an artistic attitude that discovers the universal in reduction and the timeless in the concrete. The Cornish Slate Circle serves as the gravitational center of a collection committed to quiet intensity, formal clarity, and a contemplative spirit.

To mark Richard Long’s 80th birthday, the artist’s room is being expanded through a precisely curated presentation. Selected photographs, mud paintings, graphic works, and rare artist’s books will be shown, highlighting different aspects of his conceptually driven oeuvre. The exhibition is further complemented by the early floor work Red Stone Line (1977), a zigzagging formation of 65 reddish stones in which Long’s central themes of movement, trace, and materiality are compellingly condensed.

The deep-rooted connection between Museum DKM and the work of Richard Long is also reflected in the museum’s exhibition history. The solo exhibition Rhine Driftwood Line (2013/14) placed the title installation at its core—a work made from driftwood collected at the last German kilometer of the Rhine, powerfully exemplifying Long’s site-specific approach. As part of the regional cooperation Art & Coal – The Dark Side (2018), the museum presented Long’s works made from larch bark, anthracite, and charcoal within a curatorial discourse on industrial memory and landscape transformation.

Richard Long – Lines Over Time is not a retrospective in the classical sense, but rather the expression of a decades-long dialogue between collection, space, and artwork. It honors Richard Long as one of the defining figures of Conceptual Art and Land Art—an artist whose work opens new paths between experiences of nature, memory, and museum thought.

Laura Tammen