Beauty and Revolution
Sat 6 December 2014 - Sun 1 March 2015
Kettle's Yard House and Gallery
“The most original Scottish artist of the second half of the 20th century”
Financial Times, July 2012
The Scottish poet Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006) first met and began to correspond with Jim Ede, the founder of Kettle’s Yard in 1964. In the same year, a group of Cambridge students had started to exhibit and write about his work. Among the students was Stephen Bann who went on to become an expert on the artist.
The exhibition, devised by Professor Bann and coming from his private collection, traces Ian Hamilton Finlay’s artistic development from the poems that made him Britain’s most internationally acclaimed concrete poet to the images
and texts that marked his engagement with the ideas of the French Revolution. It also presents his famous garden, Little Sparta, in photographs and film.
Visitors can explore this collection of often vividly coloured and beautifully designed standing and folding poems, prints, cards, emblems and inscriptions. Ian Hamilton Finlay’s works range from the witty and whimsical to the dark and thought-provoking. Recurring themes include classical writers, maritime subjects, the French Revolution and war.
www.kettlesyard.co.uk
From July 2015 Kettle's Yard House and Gallery will be closed to visitors. This is to enable the completion of a major building project to greatly improve facilities for visitors, artists and children and young people. For more information, including about our plans for activities offsite, please see www.kettlesyard.co.uk
Cost: free
Timing
11:30am-5:00pm daily from Saturday 6 December 2014 until Sunday 1 March 2015
All times
Sat 6 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 7 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 8 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 9 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 10 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 11 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 12 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 13 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 14 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 15 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 16 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 17 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 18 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 19 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 20 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 21 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 22 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 23 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 24 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 25 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 26 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 27 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 28 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 29 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 30 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 31 December 2014 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 1 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 2 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 3 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 4 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 5 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 6 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 7 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 8 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 9 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 10 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 11 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 12 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 13 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 14 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 15 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 16 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 17 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 18 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 19 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 20 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 21 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 22 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 23 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 24 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 25 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 26 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 27 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 28 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 29 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 30 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 31 January 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 1 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 2 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 3 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 4 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 5 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 6 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 7 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 8 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 9 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 10 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 11 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 12 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 13 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 14 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 15 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 16 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 17 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 18 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 19 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 20 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 21 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 22 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 23 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 24 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 25 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 26 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 27 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 28 February 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 1 March 2015 | 11:30AM - 5:00PM |