COLLECTION

• Building the Collection
• Caring for the Collection
• Acquisition Highlights
  • Historic British Art
  • Modern and Contemporary British Art
  • International Art
  • Archive
• Full Acquisition Listings
  • Acquisitions to the Collection
  • Acquisitions to the Archive
• Loans to the Collection

Back to Modern and Contemporary British Art

Richard Long
born 1945
Red Slate Circle
1988
Slate

Purchased from a private collector funds provided by the Estate of Tom Bendhem 2004
T11884

Richard Long is one of the most respected contemporary British sculptors. His work often brings natural materials into the gallery, in this instance red slate from the border of Vermont and New York State. Typically, he places these in simple, geometric configurations that emphasise the particular characteristics and resonance of the material. Long has stated, 'A circle outdoors focuses our attention on the environment it is in, while indoors the circle and materials demand the attention.'

Back to Modern and Contemporary British Art

---

Click on images for more about each highlight

• Christopher Wood
  1901–30
  Zebra and Parachute
  1930
• Barbara Hepworth
  1903–75
  Spring
  1966
• Mary Martin
  1907–69
  Perspex Group on Orange (B)
  1969
• Antony Gormley
  born 1950
  Testing a World View
  1993
• Martin Boyce
  born 1967
  From ‘Our Love is Like the Flowers, the Rain, the Sea and the Hours’
  2002
• Chris Ofili
  born 1968
  The Upper Room
  1999–2002
• Gilbert & George
  born 1943 / born 1942
  Fates
  2005
• Richard Long
  born 1945
  Red Slate Circle
  1988
• John Latham
  1921–2006
  Full Stop
  1961