Hamish Fulton is the guest artist opening the new facility at the Cerezales Antonino y Cinia Foundation, with an exhibition of previously unseen works, produced after a walk through the western part of Picos de Europa in October 2016.
Hamish Fulton is a walking artist. He was born in Britain in 1946 and has become one of the most important figures in contemporary art. Breaking away from the so-called Land Art, Fulton has spent the last 50 years investigating walking as an artistic practice on hundreds of solo and group walks. He observes the landscape, does not alter it, leaves no trace.
Walking is an act against alienation. As he himself points out: Walking, without resorting to any other means of locomotion than our own feet, without substitutes, allows us to experience life: «relaxation, exercise, meditation, health, oxygenating the brain, transport, sport, peaceful protest marches, art, and much more».
Since 2009, the Cerezales Antonino and Cinia Foundation has seen walking as a movement of thought. It shares the idea of being invisible, to a greater or lesser extent, in a complex world, while also affirming every declaration of intent as a commitment to action, beyond theory. FCAYC has adhered to the rules that define the place in which its actions are situated and, to this end, has had to walk within it, perceive the distances beneath its feet, among its neighbourhoods, adopt its vocabulary, and understand the proximity between its wild aspect and that which has been altered by man. All of this has shaped its philosophy.
Therefore, FCAYC claims to walk as a policy and turns to Hamish Fulton, a benchmark in the practical application of this methodology. The purpose of this collaboration is to approach the relationship with the context as an ongoing process rather than a collection of objects with greater or lesser artistic reflection.
To carry out this project, Fulton completed a solo 14-day circular trek through the western area of Picos de Europa, the region in which the Foundation is based. In October 2016, setting off from Soto de Sajambre, Fulton continued a series of seven interconnected treks across the Iberian Peninsula that he had undertaken in previous decades.
Walking on and off the Path (In Spanish: Walking and Moving Off the Path) is the title of an exhibition produced by FCAYC and the result of those walks through the Leonese mountains.
Two group walks with the artist also formed part of the proposal by the Cerezales Antonino and Cinia Foundation for its opening.
In parallel to this exhibition, lThe Cerezales Antonino y Cinia Foundation has published a book where texts by Olvido García Valdés, María Dolores Garrralda, Eduardo Martínez de Pisón, Tonia Raquejo and Marifé Santiago Bolaños are collected, as well as a graphic intervention by Hamish Fulton of twenty-four pages, titled Footnotes.
Curator: Hamish Fulton
Production and coordination: FCAYC
Acknowledgements: Space viewer
View photo album from the opening (By Daniel Martín).
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Press Release: FCAYC Exhibitions Preview 2017Hamish Fulton is a British artist known for his walks as his primary medium. Born in 1946, he began making "word pieces" in the late 1960s, often presented as text on walls or in books. These texts typically describe his experiences and thoughts during his long, solitary walks, which can last for several days or weeks and cover hundreds of miles. Fulton's work explores the relationship between walking, art, and perception. He sees walking not just as a physical activity but as a conceptual and meditative act. His "sculptures" are often the walks themselves, or the resulting texts and photographs that document them. He has undertaken walks in diverse landscapes across the globe, from the Scottish Highlands to the Himalayas, and his pieces often reflect on the natural environment, human presence, and the passage of time. He has exhibited his work internationally in prestigious galleries and museums, and his significant contributions to conceptual art have earned him recognition as a key figure in the field.
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