Public Symposium: The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, And the Secularisation of Culture
Artist
Ian Hamilton Finlay
(Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
AssociatedAssociated with
Scottish Arts Council
AssociatedAssociated with
Talbot Rice Gallery
(Edinburgh, Scotland, founded 1975)
Date1988
Object NameProgramme
Mediumpaper, ink
ClassificationsMemorabilia
Dimensions29.7 x 21cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017360.20
About MeProgramme for a Public Symposium entitled "The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, And the Secularisation of Culture" co-hosted by the Scottish Arts Council, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Talbot Rice Gallery, held at the Talbot Rice Gallery at 5pm on 21 April 1988. The symposium was part of the Digraphe a Edimbourg, a day of protests organised by the Saint-Just Vigilantes in defence of Ian Hamilton Finlay against accusations of fascism made by the French art establishment. Events included speeches by Yves Abrioux and Tilda Swinton, the distribution of cards and crayons and the symbolic release of helium balloons (see ABDAG017340.282-286 for amateur photographs of this day). This object is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums
1988-1989
