Sunday, October 18, 2020

Ian Hamilton Finlay | Two Horizons














Ian Hamilton Finlay
Two Horizons
Edinburgh, Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1998
3.5 x 11 x 3.5 cm.
Edition size unknown


One of my all-time favourite Ian Hamilton Finlay works takes an everyday household item and re-contextualizes it with the title. 

Sent by the artist as a Christmas gift to friends in 1998, the work consists of a small printed box (which also functions as the mailing container) housing two spools of thread: aircraft grey and adonis blue. Simple and elegant. 


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