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Artworks
Ian Hamilton Finlay
The Revolution is Frozen—All Principles Are Weakened. There Remain Only Red Bonnets Worn by Intrigue, 1991corrugated steel, paint and faux stone65 3/4 x 26 3/4 x 24 1/2 in (167 x 68 x 62 cm)Finlay quotes, “A work composed of ‘ad hoc’ elements – the prefabricated Corinthian capital, the corrugated iron [whose undulations pun on classical fluting] and the lettering which suggests both a...Finlay quotes, “A work composed of ‘ad hoc’ elements – the prefabricated Corinthian capital, the corrugated iron [whose undulations pun on classical fluting] and the lettering which suggests both a classical inscription and modern urban graffiti. The text derives from a speech by Saint-Just – but how apt it is today after the collapse of the regimes in the East.” “In the case of THE REVOLUTION IS FROZEN… there is a very good quotation from Hegel which I would [likewise] like to be added to the listing of that work. Thus “While Religion normally involves independence of that which is essentially a mere outward and material objects – a mere thing – that kind of religion which is now under consideration, finds no satisfaction in being brought into connection with the Beautiful: the coarsest, ugliest, poorest representation will suit its purposes equally well…” Hegel, Philosophy of History”1of 17
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