The Art Of Walking: A Field Guide is the first comprehensive survey of walking as a central tactic, strategy or theme in contemporary art. An introductory essay identifies breaks and continuities between walking artists now and the early and mid-twentieth century, respectively. Subsequent sections deal in depth with recent art engaging with different types of walkers including pilgrims, peripatetic writers and philosophers, dandies, drifters, marchers, stalkers, tour guides and dog walkers. Each section is visually led and often entails the active involvement of contributors who include David Bate, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Tim Brennan, Christian Edwardes, Jan Estep, Simon Faithfull, Hamish Fulton, Melanie Manchot, Hans Ulrich-Obrist, Simon Pope, Sophie Rickett and Helen Scalway. AUTHOR: David Evans is a writer and picture editor who teaches the history and theory of photography at The Arts University College at Bournemouth, England. Some of his recent publications include Appropriation, 2009 and Critical Dictionary, published by Black Dog Publishing in 2011. ILLUSTRATIONS: 170 black and white and colour illustrations
