Seasons (with Robin Gillanders) (from the portfolio ‘Dear Stieglitz’)
About this artwork
In Ian Hamilton Finlay’s work, nature and culture meet. Made in collaboration with the photographer Robin Gillanders, this work pairs an image of a stream with a short text. The text is typical of Finlay’s style of play-on-word poetry. His description of the stream brings imagined colour to the black and white image. The photograph is from a portfolio called ‘Dear Stieglitz,’ named in homage to Alfred Stieglitz, the photographer and gallery owner who published the art-photography journal ‘Camera Work’ in the early Twentieth century. The portfolio features the work of artists whose photography ‘shows an obvious, personal and also very outspoken attitude towards their surroundings.’
Updated before 2020
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artist:Ian Hamilton FinlayScottish (1925 - 2006)
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title:Seasons (with Robin Gillanders) (from the portfolio ‘Dear Stieglitz’)
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date created:1994
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materials:Silver gelatine print
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measurements:50.00 x 40.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1997
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accession number:GMA 4191 G
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Finlay was born in the Bahamas to Scottish parents, who returned to Scotland when he was a child. He attended Glasgow School of Art for a brief period but began his career as a writer of 'concrete poetry'. Finlay's work investigates the power of images and symbols, particularly those associated...
