06 Nov

Posted at 16:12h in David Bellingham

Glasgow: Wax366, n.d. (1996)
10 x 12.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with a b/w image of rocket fireworks in bottles labelled Revenge, Resolution, Renown and Repulse (all names of the Resolution class of nuclear ships which were retired from active service on28th August 1995 and replaced by the Vanguard class which carry Polaris missles). There is a handwritten note on the back "This is the fireworks piece I mentioned. If Tony (Blair) gets his way it will have to be updated. Best, David" in pencil. VG+

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03 Nov

Posted at 10:06h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1996
8.2 x 8.2cm, 8pp folding concertina card printed black on light brown. The three folds read:

LEAF & BOAT

BOAT & BARK

BARK & LEAF

Each recombination infers a different poetic image - the first the similarity between a floating leaf and a boat, the second the wood that makes up both boat and bark (bark peeled away will form a hollow structure) and finally the tree itself. VG+.

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01 Nov

Posted at 09:55h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1996
14.7 x 11.5cm, 2pp. A colour image by Cornelia Wieg of carved names on a tree that has been rotated by 90 degrees to make the work seem abstract and somewhat like a photograph of a flower. This is one of three times this image is used in a Finlay publication - once as an editioned print, once as a card (here) and also on an announcement card for the print. There is a longer discussion of this work on the print entry in this cataloguing. VG+.

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27 Oct

Posted at 09:43h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta/Nottingham: Wild Hawthorn Press/Tarasque Press, 1996
15.5 x 11.3cm, 2pp. A constellation of short translated haiku which were previously allocated to their Japanese authors have the names of the original writers crossed out and replaced by names from the English National football time such as:

Breakwater posts
the sea so calm
on the other side

Paul Gascoigne


The original poems were translated by Stuart Mills and Finlay appended the footballers. Finlay suggesting that the poems give up some essence of the sportsman.
This card has a short dedication in ink on the back from Mills to Robertson "for Paul from Stuart". VG+.

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21 Oct

Posted at 09:39h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1996
15.2 x 13.5cm, 42pp, card with a photograph by Robin Gillanders where Finlay has associated the fast flowing stream with that of an Italian racing car. This image was also used in the "Dear Stiglitz" portfolio. VG+.

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19 Oct

Posted at 10:32h in Invitation Cards

NYC: Nolan / Eckman Gallery, n.d. (1996)
15 x 21cm, 2pp. Announcement card for the title exhibition of prints by Finlay which also mentions the "artist's book" of the same title. VG+. One text work by Finlay on the front listing boat names as a visual poem.

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16 Oct

Posted at 09:33h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1996
8.8 x 12.6cm, 1pp, artist's postcard printed black on brown. There is a "found free style haiku" from a book on model boats:

drift (mist) net

The card published in Autumn reflects the colours of the fall and the weather. VG+.

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13 Oct

Posted at 09:26h in Artist's Postcards

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1996
9.5 x 15.2cm, 4pp, folding card with a drawing of a row of beached boats in Hastings by Gary Hincks printed black on brown. There are three one line poems inside the card:

The WEST COUNTRY STONE BARGE bares mortal timbers

the HASTINGS LUGGER steers backwards slowly

The LEIGH BAWLEY sails on silent sails.

Finlay as ever likes a pun or an association with a sound - the Bawley (Bawl) is silent not loud, the Lugger goes backwards because traditionally it was launched stern first and the Stone Barge carries wood not stone. VG+.

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06 Oct

Posted at 22:11h in Exhibition Catalogues

NYC: Nolan / Eckman Gallery, 1996
16.5 x 18.5cm, 28pp. Original printed boards. Artist's book and exhibition catalogue with 7 tipped on colour lithographs - one of a boat and the other 6 of patterned images that seem abstract but are different images of "reef knots" - drawn by Gary Hincks - the ropes that drop from the sails allowing them to be tied up and the area of the sail reduced if required. These images were also released as a print portfolio. The names of the boats that the different sails are taken from are printed opposite every image - the different styles make the prints attractive and each is printed in a different dominant colour. Only 350 such books were printed.

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22 Sep

Posted at 12:04h in ARTIST’S BOOKS

Munchen: Hessisches Landsmuseum/Gina Kehayoff Verlage, 1996
25.2 x 21cm, 48pp plus card covers. Artist's book consisting of 40 b/w photographic images of death. Published in conjunction with a museum exhibition, of the same name. Minimal text in German. VG+ although minor rust on staples.

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19 Sep

Posted at 16:12h in David Bellingham

Glasgow: Wax366, 1996
10 x 12.5cm, 2pp artist postcard with a b/w image of bird box (on a tripod stand) in a copse of trees, presumably able to be moved by the artist (John Bevid). VG+

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