Richard Long - Rhine Driftwood Line

Press Preview: May 27, 2025 | 11 am
Opening: May 27, 2025 | 7 pm
Duration: May 28 – September 7, 2025

Richard Long, one of the most important representatives of international Land Art, will be given a special space in the Rhineland with a central work: Rhine Driftwood Line will be on display from May 28 to September 7, 2025 as an installation at KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION in Kaistraße 14a in Düsseldorf that can only be viewed from the outside.

"My works are my own footprints, something very personal. (…) My work is my self-portrait in the world, my very personal journey through this world and consists oft he materials I encounter on my journey. (Richard Long)

The approximately 40 square metre floor piece Rhine Driftwood Line was created in 2001 as part of an exhibition at the Museum Kurhaus Kleve. Long collected driftwood that had washed up in the last kilometre of the German Rhine before the Dutch border – a direct testimony to his process-based, site-specific way of working. The geometrically designed installation varies in its dimensions and follows a formal order specified by Long. The work was last exhibited in 2013 at the Museum DKM in Duisburg – the same venue where Long was honoured with the renowned Wilhelm Lehmbruck Prize in 1996.

The renewed presentation was made possible by the purchase of the piece by the Monika Schnetkamp Collection. Rhine Driftwood Line will therefore remain permanently in the Rhineland. This emphasises Long's close connection to the region, which has grown not least through his long-standing collaboration with the Konrad Fischer Gallery.

The presentation is part of the exhibition project Satellites, which was initiated by the Konrad Fischer Galerie on the occasion of Richard Long's 80th birthday. Peter Friese will give the opening speech on May 27. The presentation will be accompanied by guided tours of the space. The dates will be announced shortly.

Other participating institutions and collections:

Wasserschloss Crottorf
Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf
Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Museum DKM_Stiftung DKM, Sammlung Krämer-Maas, Duisburg
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Museum Kurhaus Kleve
Museum Ludwig, Köln
Kunstmuseen Krefeld – Haus Lange Haus Esters
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Langen Foundation, Neuss
Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal
Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal