Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925 - 2006)

Glass Sculpture
22.3H x 30.5W x 0.5D cm

Another edition in Tate collection "Ian Hamilton Finlay's poetry moved in the early 1960s from a solely literary form to a kinetic or concrete one expressed in stone, wood, neon and other materials. This glass poem sundial suggests the shape of a sail, moving through the sea yet in sight of the land. The sun is a way of measuring time as well as fixing a position in space.

A steel rod projects from the glass to act as the sundial's pointer, casting a shadow to the number twelve, which is 10 degress East of South, as etched in the glass."