“Mountains to Mountains,” an artwork by Richard Long, created in 1980, belongs to the Conceptual Art and Environmental (Land) Art movements and is classified under the figurative genre. The artwork consists of textual elements laid out in a minimalist style, detailing a 138-mile walk.
The focus of the artwork lies in its written description of a journey traversing several mountain ranges in Ireland, including the Comeragh Mountains, the Monavullagh Mountains, the Knockmealdown Mountains, the Galty Mountains, the Ballyhoura Mountains, the Nagles Mountains, and the Boggeragh Mountains. The text mentions the locations Waterford, Tipperary, Limerick, and Cork, thereby mapping the journey and the geographic span of the walk. This piece not only captures the physicality of the trek but entwines it with the conceptual idea of mapping human experience onto the landscape.
