Date of Award
Spring 5-1-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Howard Singerman
Second Advisor
Susanna Cole
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
This thesis examines Richard Long’s walking-based practice as a sustained and direct engagement with lived experience, tracing his development through walking landscapes, marking, and documentation. It negotiates tensions between reductive and hermeneutic readings, ultimately arguing that Long gestures toward pre-agrarian land ethics, raising broader questions of authenticity in modern life.
Recommended Citation
Green-Gulez, Heather, "Signs in the Landscape: Authenticity, Ambiguity, and the work of Richard Long" (2026). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1542
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