Hamish Fulton / Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria

Hamish Fulton (b. 1946) is part of a group of British artists who have played a key role in shaping the emerging field of conceptual art since the early 1970s. The focus is not on the final work, the artist’s individual artistic expression—such as the imprint left on the material or the spatial arrangement—but rather on something essentially immaterial: the idea underlying and inherent in the work, which addresses the viewer not only as a beholder but also, linguistically, as a reader. A significant feature of Fulton’s work is the practice of walking and hiking. Since his student days, Fulton has undertaken multi-day hikes on every continent on Earth. These experiences of walking and hiking form the basis for notes—often summarized in just a few words—which he condenses, among other things, into text-image compositions, drawings, and photographic works, creating polysemic yet at the same time semiotically precise text-image tableaux. Each work is based on and refers back to a specific walk. For Fulton, the focus is primarily on the experience, not on the final image or object. “An object,” says the artist, “cannot compete with an experience.” The medium or media of visual and spatial articulation always form a conceptual sequence, a means of visual communication, and by no means an artistic a priori. For Fulton, it is simply a matter of “Walking is the Constant, the Art Medium is the Variable.” In the exhibition NATURE AS COMMUNITIES NOT COMMODITIES. HAMISH FULTON several of his works are shown. 

5 July to 8 August, 2 to 26 September 2026