The outlines of seven river rocks, 1999

Painting with handmade paper

Dimensions: 125 x 19.50 x 3.50 cm

Hamish Fulton occupies a solitary position in contemporary art. The artist, who describes himself as a "walking artist", repeatedly sets out on day-long hikes through nature - transforming the physical and emotional experiences he has in the process into works of art. He is not interested in representing nature: "Nature is nature, and my art is my art," is Fulton's credo, and further: "My art is a passive protest against urban societies that alienate people from nature.

Hamish Fulton was born in 1946 in London, England, where he studied sculpture at Central Saints Martins College of Art and Design from 1966 to 1968 and at the Royal College of Art from 1968 to 1969. With his conceptual "Land Art", Fulton sees himself in the British tradition of landscape painting, but with new means and forms of expression. Fulton was a multiple participant in the Documenta in Kassel, and his works are shown internationally in galleries and museums such as the Tate Gallery of Modern Art in London, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago or the MUMOK in Vienna.