Often weighing many tonnes, Long’s heavy steel sculptures are huge and yet at the same time extremely subtle. The well-travelled and widely educated artist created numerous works in public space. He always remained a ‘classic’ metal designer who cut, welded and bent his materials, so transforming them in this way. His at first glance seemingly cool constructions provide the scope for far-reaching associations, influenced among other things by the titles of the works. Natalexos, for example, can be read as the relic of an ancient culture, as well as a found object from the industrial age. The structure thus inspires a journey through different ages and cultures.
