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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 272 Collections and/or Records:

Waldemar Is the Venom / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-12145-12369
Scope and Contents

The text on this card reads, "Waldemir is the venom in the liberal snake." Waldemar refers to Waldemar Januszczack, the art critic of the Guardian newspaper, who was opposed to Finlay's commission proposal for the city of Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Waldwachsende Blumen auf den Ehrentempeln Konigsplatz Munchen / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Simig, Pia Maria ; Eyres P., 1993

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Identifier: CC-29709-31084
Scope and Contents

The book begins with a chronology listing Hitler's rise to power and the relation of the building in Munich called Ehrentempel. The end papers consist of a photograph of the building. The right sided pages depict drawings of wild flowers, the left sided the names of the flowers. The pamphlet, written by Patrick Eyres in German, is a critical text about Finlay's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Wild Hawthorn Weapon Series No.2: Homage to Max Bill / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1974

 Item
Identifier: CC-33001-34622
Scope and Contents

The card depicts a photograph of a military tank with its two cannons pointing upwards, a metaphor for the constructivistic art of Max Bill. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Wild Hawthorn Weapons Series: Saint-Just Vigilantes Celebrate a Direct Hit / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1987

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Identifier: CC-12137-12361
Scope and Contents

Image refers to Finlay's disagreement with Headley and Meulenkamp of the National Trust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Wildflower: A Mean Term between Revolution and Virtue / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983

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Identifier: CC-10936-11148
Scope and Contents

This work deals with the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Wildflower, n., A Mean Term between Virtue and Revolution / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Hincks, Gary., 1993

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Identifier: CC-11073-11288
Scope and Contents

The title signifies the ambiguity of the French revolution. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Window / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1995

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Identifier: CC-12954-13246
Scope and Contents

The image depicts an impressionist painting of a seascape by P.W. Steer with scattered small whitecaps on the waves. The latter serve as a metaphor for the "Window" in this context which signifies the tin foil strips scattered from aircraft to confuse enemy radar during WW II. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Wreathing of Rockets / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1986

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Identifier: CC-12098-12322
Scope and Contents

The poem reads, wreathing of rockets - dusting of dreadnoughts - greening of gun-sites - parading of panzers - dressing of wells. It is captioned, "Traditioningly the dressing of wells takes place in the spring.' - Newspaper report. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986