Twilight horizons : a twenty day walking journey from Dumre to Leder in Mahang and back to Pokhara by way of Khudi : Nepal, early 1983
Artist's Book
1983 (published)
1983 (published)
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This artist's book comprises drawings and texts made from a 20 day walking journey in Nepal in early 1983.
Describing himself as a walking artist, Hamish Fulton has been making walks since the late 1960s, his work originating from these encounters with the landscape. His walks are materialised in artworks in the form of photographs, words and line drawings.
Alongside work displayed in galleries, Fulton has also used the medium of the artist's book to realise his work.
'Twilight horizons' records 'a twenty day walking journey from Dumre to Leder in Manang and back to Pokhara by way of Khudi'. The experience of the journey is conveyed primarily by line drawings printed in red of, for example, clouds, a ridge, mountains, skylines, phases of the moon and village wall paintings.
Equally important are the accompanying captions, succinct texts relaying information on the individual work's subject, colour or place. The line drawings are interspersed by occasional word pieces, landscapes in words, conveyed by the varying scale and colour of their typographic arrangement.
A further dramatic interlude takes the form of a stark mountain horizon printed in black.
Describing himself as a walking artist, Hamish Fulton has been making walks since the late 1960s, his work originating from these encounters with the landscape. His walks are materialised in artworks in the form of photographs, words and line drawings.
Alongside work displayed in galleries, Fulton has also used the medium of the artist's book to realise his work.
'Twilight horizons' records 'a twenty day walking journey from Dumre to Leder in Manang and back to Pokhara by way of Khudi'. The experience of the journey is conveyed primarily by line drawings printed in red of, for example, clouds, a ridge, mountains, skylines, phases of the moon and village wall paintings.
Equally important are the accompanying captions, succinct texts relaying information on the individual work's subject, colour or place. The line drawings are interspersed by occasional word pieces, landscapes in words, conveyed by the varying scale and colour of their typographic arrangement.
A further dramatic interlude takes the form of a stark mountain horizon printed in black.
Object details
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| Title | Twilight horizons : a twenty day walking journey from Dumre to Leder in Mahang and back to Pokhara by way of Khudi : Nepal, early 1983 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed book |
| Brief description | Artist's book, 'Twilight horizons : a twenty day walking journey from Dumre to Leder in Mahang and back to Pokhara by way of Khudi : Nepal, early 1983', by Hamish Fulton, Coracle Press for Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, London 1983 |
| Physical description | Artist's book with line drawings, some in colour, interspersed by occasional word pieces. 40 pages. |
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| Gallery label | Hamish Fulton (born 1946)
Hamish Fulton's images are given meaning through accompanying phrases that specify time, location or distinct features of the landscape. Both these books were published by Coracle, a small press and gallery founded in London in 1975 by poet Simon Cutts. Fulton also records his walks in installations and photographs but reading offers the viewer a particularly intimate window on the experience of walking solitary in the landscape.
'Horizon to Horizon' published by Coracle Press for Orchard Gallery, Derry, 1983. Museum no. 38041991106790
'Twilight Horizons' published by Coracle Press for Musee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, 1983. Museum no. L.1071-1985(05/11/2019 - 04/04/2021) |
| Summary | This artist's book comprises drawings and texts made from a 20 day walking journey in Nepal in early 1983. Describing himself as a walking artist, Hamish Fulton has been making walks since the late 1960s, his work originating from these encounters with the landscape. His walks are materialised in artworks in the form of photographs, words and line drawings. Alongside work displayed in galleries, Fulton has also used the medium of the artist's book to realise his work. 'Twilight horizons' records 'a twenty day walking journey from Dumre to Leder in Manang and back to Pokhara by way of Khudi'. The experience of the journey is conveyed primarily by line drawings printed in red of, for example, clouds, a ridge, mountains, skylines, phases of the moon and village wall paintings. Equally important are the accompanying captions, succinct texts relaying information on the individual work's subject, colour or place. The line drawings are interspersed by occasional word pieces, landscapes in words, conveyed by the varying scale and colour of their typographic arrangement. A further dramatic interlude takes the form of a stark mountain horizon printed in black. |
| Other number | X920300 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | L.1071-1985 |
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