Ian Hamilton Finlay, Serpentine Gallery, 1977
Title: Ian Hamilton Finlay
Author: Ian Hamilton Finlay and Stephen Bann
Publisher: Published by The Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Publication date: 1977
Format: Soft cover
Pages: 96 pages
Condition: Very Good
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 17 September to 16 October 1977. Includes an essay by Stephen Bann. The exhibition was divided into six rooms, showing collaborative works made for the show and recently completed pieces. The six rooms were: the Neo-classical room, the Neon room, the Midway room, the Embroideries room, the Outdoor room, and the Information/Print room. The Neon room was a darkened space containing neon wordplays, while the Midway room presented Finlay’s tableau Battle of Midway (1976-7), in which Japanese and U.S. aircraft carriers were depicted as beehives, and fighter planes as swarming bees. The Outdoor room displayed a collection of garden-furniture, from benches and sundials to watering-cans and paving stones.
Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was a multi-faceted artist; a philosopher, sculptor, and poet who revitalised the classical tradition through the enduring power of words. His work spanned prints, poems, books, inscriptions, neons, sculptures, installations, and landscape design. As a conceptual artist, he was attuned to modernist formalist concerns, using philosophical texts, myths, and images from history to create thought-provoking juxtapositions. Finlay's mastery lay in distilling complex ideas into single words or short, witty phrases, weaving subtle distinctions with a lyrical philosophy.
Title: Ian Hamilton Finlay
Author: Ian Hamilton Finlay and Stephen Bann
Publisher: Published by The Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Publication date: 1977
Format: Soft cover
Pages: 96 pages
Condition: Very Good
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 17 September to 16 October 1977. Includes an essay by Stephen Bann. The exhibition was divided into six rooms, showing collaborative works made for the show and recently completed pieces. The six rooms were: the Neo-classical room, the Neon room, the Midway room, the Embroideries room, the Outdoor room, and the Information/Print room. The Neon room was a darkened space containing neon wordplays, while the Midway room presented Finlay’s tableau Battle of Midway (1976-7), in which Japanese and U.S. aircraft carriers were depicted as beehives, and fighter planes as swarming bees. The Outdoor room displayed a collection of garden-furniture, from benches and sundials to watering-cans and paving stones.
Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was a multi-faceted artist; a philosopher, sculptor, and poet who revitalised the classical tradition through the enduring power of words. His work spanned prints, poems, books, inscriptions, neons, sculptures, installations, and landscape design. As a conceptual artist, he was attuned to modernist formalist concerns, using philosophical texts, myths, and images from history to create thought-provoking juxtapositions. Finlay's mastery lay in distilling complex ideas into single words or short, witty phrases, weaving subtle distinctions with a lyrical philosophy.
Title: Ian Hamilton Finlay
Author: Ian Hamilton Finlay and Stephen Bann
Publisher: Published by The Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Publication date: 1977
Format: Soft cover
Pages: 96 pages
Condition: Very Good
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 17 September to 16 October 1977. Includes an essay by Stephen Bann. The exhibition was divided into six rooms, showing collaborative works made for the show and recently completed pieces. The six rooms were: the Neo-classical room, the Neon room, the Midway room, the Embroideries room, the Outdoor room, and the Information/Print room. The Neon room was a darkened space containing neon wordplays, while the Midway room presented Finlay’s tableau Battle of Midway (1976-7), in which Japanese and U.S. aircraft carriers were depicted as beehives, and fighter planes as swarming bees. The Outdoor room displayed a collection of garden-furniture, from benches and sundials to watering-cans and paving stones.
Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was a multi-faceted artist; a philosopher, sculptor, and poet who revitalised the classical tradition through the enduring power of words. His work spanned prints, poems, books, inscriptions, neons, sculptures, installations, and landscape design. As a conceptual artist, he was attuned to modernist formalist concerns, using philosophical texts, myths, and images from history to create thought-provoking juxtapositions. Finlay's mastery lay in distilling complex ideas into single words or short, witty phrases, weaving subtle distinctions with a lyrical philosophy.