Ian Hamilton Finlay
A Rock Rose, 1971
Screenprint on paper
38.1 x 56.2 cm
1925, Nassau, Bahamas–2006, Edinburgh, Scotland Immigrated to the UK in 1931 Finlay and Richard Demarco let language and nostalgia catch the tide here. Through an interplay of line, colour, image,...
1925, Nassau, Bahamas–2006, Edinburgh, Scotland
Immigrated to the UK in 1931
Finlay and Richard Demarco let language and nostalgia catch the tide here. Through an interplay of line, colour, image, and grammar, ‘rose’ wavers between noun (the rock-rose flower) and verb (to rise), while the boat evokes voyage but remains entangled in the continuous red line connecting rock, sky, boat, and clouds.
William Allen Collection
