Boat and painted wall text
Text and Language
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
ARTIST ROOMS
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Art Fund
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/ian-hamilton-finlay-1093" aria-label="More by Ian Hamilton Finlay" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Ian Hamilton Finlay</a>
Sailing Dinghy
ARTIST ROOMS
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008
boat, sailing
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poem
inscriptions
leisure and pastimes
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
poem
recreational activities
sailing
society
symbols and personifications
transport: water
installation boat painted wall text
2 March 2009 – 28 February 2010
2010-02-28
2 March 2009 – 28 February 2010
2010-02-28
2009-03-02
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-03-02
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Collection based display
27 March 2010 – 4 July 2010
2010-07-04
27 March 2010 – 4 July 2010
2010-07-04
2010-03-27
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Edinburgh, UK)
http://www.nationalgalleries.org/
2010-03-27
ARTIST ROOMS Ian Hamilton Finlay
Collection based display
30 August 2010 – 30 October 2010
2010-10-30
30 August 2010 – 30 October 2010
2010-10-30
2010-08-30
An Lanntair (Stornoway, UK)
http://www.lanntair.com/
2010-08-30
ARTIST ROOMS 2010: Ian Hamilton-Finlay
Loan-out
Sailing Dinghy
displayed: 6020 × 4400 × 1400 mm
<a href="/search?gid=999999788" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">ARTIST ROOMS</a>
Acquired jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the <a href="/search?gid=999999967" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">National Heritage Memorial Fund</a> and the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 2008
<p>Boats and the sea were central themes throughout Finlay’s career. 'Sailing Dinghy' comprises a clinker-built, sailing boat, which the artist himself sailed, installed alongside a short poem painted onto the wall. The dinghy’s bow, sails, rudder and stern are labelled with numbers referenced in the poem. The poem’s simple phrases evoke the power and movement of the vessel, encouraging the viewer to make a mental voyage from gallery to sea. The now static and landlocked vessel provides a contrast to this flight of imagination with its stillness and physical presence.</p>

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2009-04-16T00:00:00
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boat, sailing Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poem inscriptions leisure and pastimes literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) poem recreational activities sailing society symbols and personifications transport: water