'The Word and the Image are One: Hans Arp and Ian Hamilton Finlay

Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Invited talk

Description

Taking its title from a line written by Hugo Ball (1886-1927), which inspired Hans Arp (1886-1966) and sparked the imagination of the Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006), this event looks at how words and images operate in their respective work. Through talks and a round table discussion, it will reflect on correspondence between the two artists which can be seen to shed light on the development of Finlay’s first concrete poem “Homage to Malevich”, as well as their shared interests in the natural world and creating a vocabulary of concrete forms.
Period5 Dec 2025
Held atTate Britain, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • Hans Arp
  • Jean Arp
  • Ian Hamilton Finlay
  • 20th century poetry
  • Concrete Poetry
  • Modern Art
  • Dada
  • Surrealism

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