Political poetry
Found in 272 Collections and/or Records:
Poppy, n. / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Jo., 1987
The card depicts a watercolor rendition of poppies captioned with "the Phrygian Flower." Phhrygia refers to an ancient country in central and NW Asia Minor. A Phrygian cap was a soft conical cap associated with the liberty cap in the late 18th and early 19th centuries . Finlay draws attention to poppies as a metaphor for the liberty cap. This card deals with a metaphor for the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Project For A Monument To Saint-Just / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1985
Instructions are provided for cutting and folding to form a paper pyramid. The epithets applied to Saint-Just by a contemporary appear on the sculpture, viz., beautiful, fanatical, and dictatorial along with his birth and death dates, 1967-1794. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Propaganda for The Wood-Elves / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Dwight, Harvey., 1981
Depicts a tree with the Nazi swastika wrapped around its trunk and an axe on the ground leaning against the tree-trunk. From the title and the brown color of the folder, one might interpret the propaganda of these symbols as the Third Reich and the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Proposal for a Pair of Gate Piers and Finials / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Townsend, Andrew., 1990
Finlay explains the artworks (hand grenades mounted on top of brick and stone towers) as follows: The 'pineapple' finials have become fragmentation grenades, while the combination of brick and stone suggests Virtue and Terror. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Proposal for an Inscription to be added to the Monopteros in the English Garden, Munich / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993
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.
Quin Morere / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1989
This print depicts an image of an aged but still sharp-edged guillotine blade inscribed with a Latin line from Virgil's Aeneid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
re-use trees - save paper / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1981
This poem deals with recycling paper to preserve the environment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Reap The Sac Faction / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1985
The message deals with enlisting help for Finlay's despute with the local tax collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Recent Finlay Items / Heart Fine Art ; Finlay IH., 2003
Reply Card / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Manduca, John Borg., 1978
Depicts an armored camouflaged tank with questions and a check box superimposed upon it, e.g. "Thank you for your communication, You are not the only big shot around here," etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Revolution/Virtue/Eloquence/Transparency / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stirling, Annet., 1993
The work is composed of 4 prints each a single word formed from a collage of packets of commercial plant seeds. The height of all the prints is the same with the width smaller or larger depending on the number of the letters in the word. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Riff-Raff / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988
The theme of this card is an attack on the authors of the book, "Follies, A National Trust Guide," that discredited Finlay's Temple Garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Rights of Man Declaration / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988
Deals with cacellation of Finlay's Declaration of the Rights of Man by the French government. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
S.A.C./A.C.G.B./K.G.B. / Ian Hamilton Finlay., 1978
The acronym signifies Arts Council of Great Britain, Scottish Arts Council, and the K.G.B. (Russian secret police). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
S.A.C./A.C.G.B./K.G.B. / Ian Hamilton Finlay., 1978
The acronym signifies Arts Council of Great Britain, Scottish Arts Council, and the K.G.B. (Russian secret police). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Sackcloth / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1994
A brief sentence describing sackcloth with different nouns or adjectives is printed on each page; on the final page the noun is printed in capital letters, REVOLUTION. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Sailors! Revolutionaries! / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1987
The image of this print is adapted from a self portrait by Vladimir Tatlin. The coplete text reads "Sailors! Revolutionaries! Learn from you boldness!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Saint-Just Cube / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Sloan, Nicholas., 1986
The print offers instructions for a cut-out of the six sides, each with a letter to read St Just. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.