A Centenary Tribute to Ian Hamilton Finlay
Event information
Date 10 May 2025 - 31 May 2025
Time Friday & Saturday, 12noon to 5pm
Cost Free - just drop in
Venue DunoonMOCA Gallery, 18 Ferry Brae, Dunoon PA23 7DP
A Centenary Tribute to Ian Hamilton Finlay by artists, poets and collaborators.
This exhibition marks the 100th year anniversary of the birth of Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) one of Scotland’s most influential 20th century artists. Finlay started his career as a poet who transitioned into a visual artist, sculptor and landscape designer. His most celebrated work is his garden Little Sparta, forty years in the making that is punctuated with architectural/ sculptural text works in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. His contribution to concrete poetry along with extensive printed works is extremely significant and influential. Published from the early sixties throughout his career by Hawthorne Press, he regularly collaborated with artists, graphic designers and stone carvers to execute his poetic 2 & 3D works.
This exhibition presents works by friends and collaborators as well as contemporary artists
and poets who were influenced by him.
Stephen Bann, David Bellingham, Thomas Clark, Ken Cockburn, Patrick Eyres, Simon Cutts, Gary & Jo Hincks, Alastair R Noble, Alistair Pebbles, Colin Sackett, Greg Thomas and Barrie Tullet.