Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006
Dates
- Existence: 1925-10-28 - 2006-03-27
Nationality
Scottish
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jeunesse Doree of the Counter Revolution! / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987
This card mentions the names of individuals who were critically antagonistic to Finlay's Temple Garden, viz., Headley and Meulenkamp, authors of "Follies, A National Trust Guide" and Januszczack, the Guardian art critic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Liberty Equality Eternity: An Installation for the New Gallery of Modern Art, Ingram Street, Glasgow / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Simig, Pia Maria; Hincks, Gary., 1996
Finlay proposes to inscribe each word of the title onto a guillotine blade to be set into three deeply recessed windows of the gallery. The proposal documents his reasons and depicts line drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Proposition pour un Jardin Commemorant la Revolution Francais et Les Droits de l'Homme 1789-1989: Hotel des Menus Plaisers Versailles / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Chematoff, Alexandre ; Finlay, Sue ; Sloan, Nicholas ; Bann S., 1988
Stephen Bann contributed an essay on Finlay's proposal, "A revolutionary garden in Versailles." In it, he explains Finlay's choice of trees and bushes and their arrangement in terms of metaphors for the French revolution and the rights of man. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Two Proposals for the Munich Ehrentemple Sites / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Appleton, Ian., 1993
The images deal with Finlay's notions of denazification of the Ehrentemple sites. In Finlay's bookprints 1963-1997, this work is annotated as teo drawings with commentary but they are probably lithographis. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.