Sundial,
sited in Hazlehead Park Azalea Garden, Aberdeen.
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Object NameSundial
MediumPortland stone and bronze
ClassificationsSculptures
AcquisitionOwned by Aberdeen City Council under the curatorial care of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
Object numberABDCC001095
About MeThe art of Ian Hamilton Finlay is unique in that each piece incorporates several types of media, and often includes an intriguing combination of influences from poetry, history, philosophy, and landscape design. This rectangular sundial with a bronze upright, is carved in relief, in Portland Stone, which he favoured for its composition of millennia-old shell fossils. The medium itself is strongly linked to the sundial's inscription 'The Land's Shadows', reflecting the passage of time. It is an excellent example of 'concrete poetry,' which uses words and images to express, through their shape and design, the idea that language dwells in a real, physical dimension. This sundial is located in the Azalea Garden at Hazelhead Park.
S R Stewart & Co
mid 20th-late 20th Century
S R Stewart & Co
mid 20th-late 20th Century
S R Stewart & Co
mid 20th-late 20th Century
S R Stewart & Co
mid 20th-late 20th Century
