{"id":149918,"date":"2025-03-23T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ian-hamilton-finlay-review-the-visionary-scottish-poet-artists-mind-in-closeup\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T16:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T09:53:09","slug":"ian-hamilton-finlay-review-the-visionary-scottish-poet-artists-mind-in-closeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ian-hamilton-finlay-review-the-visionary-scottish-poet-artists-mind-in-closeup\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Hamilton Finlay review \u2013 the visionary Scottish poet-artist\u2019s mind in closeup"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nScottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two), EdinburghWords and ideas are as one \u2013 and at war \u2013 in Finlay\u2019s witty, elegant work, from sculptures to screenprints, which are ideally displayed in this intimate centenary showStar\/Steer is a masterpiece from 1968 by the Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006). What you see can be simply described. The word \u201cstar\u201d appears a dozen times, screenprinted in silver on deep grey. They graduate down the page in a swaying column. Right at the bottom is a 13th word, \u201csteer\u201d, as if tethering \u2013 or guided by \u2013 all these descending stars.Each star is like an instance of itself, glimmering out of a fog, and the winding pattern irresistibly evokes starlight on rippling water. You look up to the stars, and down to the invisible boat summoned by that noun-verb \u201csteer\u201d. Which star to follow, how to navigate at sea, what the night skies can hold: the work is a visualisation, a poem and a prayer. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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