The 40 square metre floor piece was created in 2001 as part of an exhibition at the Museum Kurhaus Kleve. Long collected driftwood for it 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 work by the Monika Schnetkamp Collection, which means that Rhine Driftwood Line will 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. (Source: KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation)
Exhibition duration: 27 May to 7 September 2025
