A PROPOSAL FOR AN OBELISK “SUITED TO A SITUATION COMMANDING AN EXTENSIVE PROSPECT”. 1993.
£20.00
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, n.d. (1993)
21 x 8cm, 4pp proposal by Finlay for a sculptural work to be built in William Shenstone’s The Leasowes in the form of an artist card.
The internal drawing by Annet Stirling is of the proposed stone obelisk which bears a text “From this spot may be seen the works of Walter Somer’s forgemasters inadvertent manufacturers of parts for the Iraqi super-gun. Citius elephantem subala celes – sooner could you hide an elephant under your armpit”.
This is unusually a political work by Finlay – Sadam Hussain had attempted to build several super gun under the title of Project Babylon. The first gun had a bore of 350 mm (13.8 inches), and a barrel length of 46 metres (151 feet). Finlay wanted the work to be build in the grounds of the house near Halesowen. VG+.
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