Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006
Dates
- Existence: 1925 October 28 - 2006 March 27
Nationality
Scottish
Found in 1986 Collections and/or Records:
Un Jardin Revolutionnaire / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Chematoff, Alexandre ; Finlay, Sue ; Sloan, Nicholas ; Bann S., 1988
This proposal for a revolutionary garden in Versailles was never carried out owing to a political perception in France that Finlay espoused pro-Nazi, anti-semitic views (this opinion is not shared by the Sackners). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
...und alles blieb wie es war / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Estella Schmid, translator., 1966
Underworld Love Poems / Phillips, Michael Joseph ; Finlay IH., 1978
This book was also designated as Frozen Waffles #2 - Special Issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unicorn / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Tammes, Diane., 1971
This depicts a photograph by Diane Tammes of a model ship built by Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unnatural Pebbles with Detached Sentences on the Pebble / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Grasby, Richard., 1981
This book reproduces photographs of polished stones calligraphically inscribed with minimalist poetry referenced to mythology. The latter is printed on facing pages to the photographs. Finlay provides an explanation of the meaning of some of the more obscure phrases inscribed on the pebbles. Finally, he lists Detached Sentences on the Pebble at the end of the book, e.g., A pebble is a crumb of ancient geology, Kettle's Ward in Cambridge, England is the "Louvre" of the pebble, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Unpainted Landscape, The / Cutts S ; Williams J ; Clark TA ; Finlay IH ; Long R ; Tremlett D ; DeVries H ; Ackling R., 1989
Unsigned / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Paterson, Dave ; Simig, Pia Maria., 1995
Photographs of sculptures in Little Sparta, Finlay's garden, by David Paterson done on Christmas 1995. Designed by Finlay and Simig. The title of the book, Unsigned, refers to the name of a model boat in Finlay's collection. A photograph of it is printed in the book which consists only of the photographs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled] / Coracle Press ; Clark TA ; Finlay IH ; Cutts S ; Gappmayr H ; Lax R ; Meyer T ; VanHorn E ; Williams J., 1994
Simon Cutts is the publisher of Coracle Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled] / Coracle Press ; Cutts S ; Finlay IH ; Bann S ; Mills S ; VanHorn E ; Willats S., 1992
[Untitled] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 2002
This exhibition was designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and Pia Simig and took place at Tate St. Ives from March 23 to June 30, 2002. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Costley R ; Bann S ; Hincks G., 1977
The catalogue was designed by Ron Costley. It includes a long critical introduction by Stephen Bann focusing on Finlay's contributions to concrete poetry and his swing toward neo- classicism in the picture poems carried out by inscriptions on stone plaques in the garden. The catalogue also has a reprinting of Finlay's "A Wartime Garden." The illustrations depict several unique stone, neon, and glass sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Mayer HJ ; Kellein T., 1990
Exhibition was curated by Thomas Kellein. Layout design was done by Hansjorg Mayer. The cover depicts a picture poem, "Homage to Modern Art." The catalogue is a retrospective of Finlay's ouevre. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Scobie S., 1976
The critical essay was contributed by the Canadian poet, Stephen Scobie. He states that Finlay is "a Classical artist" in contrast to "a Romantic artist." who attempts to create the artistic world out of an isolated consciousness whereas the Classical artist works within tradition as emphasized by Finlay's Hommage series to other artists. As Scobie indicates, to call Finlay a Classical artist seems paradoxical since his work appears so experimental or inventive but "Classicism" refers to -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Sloan N., 1988
Untitled: Spiral Binding / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995
Finlay draws an analogy to the page of a book and the sail of a boat in the text on the page of this spiral spine book, viz., Spiral Binding (page to cover) Spiral Binding (mast to sail). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Untitled: Wall Text Series [A Frayed Edg] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995
The text reads " A Frayed Edg - A Worn Edg - A Faint Edg - A Warped Edg." The absent letter 'e' in edge refers to the modifying adjectives. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Untitled: Wall Text Series [A Line of Foam] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995
The text reads "A line of foam along an empty shore." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Untitled: Wall Text Series [Letters and Numbers] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995
The text reads "Letters and numbers seen in reverse through a sail." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Untitled: Wall Text Series [Some Flakes of Snow] / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995
The text reads "Some flakes of snow stirred by the wing of a pigeon." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.