A Challenge
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
PrinterPrinted by
New Arcadian Press
(Leeds)
Datec.1988
Object NameLithograph
Mediumlithograph
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPaper Size: 29.6 x 20.8cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
Copyright© Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017524
About MeLithograph designed by Ian Hamilton Finlay and published by the New Arcadians Press entitled "A Challenge". It features text that criticises the "editors who a-historically and wilfully condemn Neo-Classicism and emblematic poetics...", such as those at Art Press, Evenement de Jeudi, L'Express, Galeries Magazine and Maatstaff. The artist concludes with a list of five "dares" directed at said editors, e.g. "DARE to be democratic rather than totalitarian."This work is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend and sent her an example of each new poem print and multiple as it was made.
