Architecture
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
A Proposal for a Distant Spot / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1994
This proposal for Bernhard and Marie Starkmann depicts an oar wrapped in a fishing net stuck into a mound of rocks with the caption, "The Wanderings of Ulysses." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Proposal for Tout Quarry Portland, Dorset / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Sloan, Nicholas ; Hincks, Gary., 1992
This project makes use of one of the giant blocks of stone that lie abandoned in Tout Quarry Portland. The inscription is derived from Virgil's Aeneid Book III: "Gods of the Earth, Gods of the Sea, Gods who rule over storms, give us a wind to help our voyage, and may your breat bring us aid." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Remembrance of Annette (1): The Rushhaus Proposal / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1987
This is a proposal for a memorial to the poet, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff (1797-1848) who lived in Munster, Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Remembrance of Annette (2) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hincks, Gary., 1987
This is a proposal for a memorial to the poet, Annette von Droste-Hulshoff (1797-1848), who lived in Munster, Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
A Remembrance of R.L.S. / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary; McIntosh C; Kurs K., 1987
This memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson takes the form of a sacred grove bounded by an ashlar wall on a half circle and by five silver birch trees (Betula pendula) across the diameter. At the foot of the tree trunk is a stone tree column base inscribed with R.L.S. and Stevenson's dates beneath (1850-1894). The site is a Stevenson sanctuary, an area for reflection that is half private and enclosed and half open to the world, just as are Stevenson's writings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Klassische Landschaft , 1985
Two versions of a landscape by Johann Christian Reinhart are altered by the words Xaipe and W ave inscribed into stones in the foreground. The former means hail or farewell in Greek and ave in the latter picture means the same in Latin. The addition of w creating the word wave relates to the flowing spring. There is a stone in Finlay's garden inscribed WAVE/ave. Printed by the Stellar Press. -- 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.
Projet pour un Parc Republicain / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1988
The print depicts a landscape viewed from above with a classical Greek temple and trees. The path in the center has the shape of an axe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Proposal for a Monument to Jean-Jacques Rousseau , 1986
Printed by Stellar Press. Deals with the ideas of Rousseau on nature that formed the ethical and political behavior of the leaders of the French Revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.