For the Artblog Cologne I wrote an article about Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta – a conceptual garden that blurs the boundaries between landscape, poetry, and art. Emerging from his early concrete poetry, Finlay developed a site-specific artistic language in the Scottish countryside, where over 275 works are integrated into the environment. Little Sparta is not merely decorative but a philosophically charged space where themes of revolution, order, mythology, and conflict unfold. Weather, in Finlay’s view, plays an active role alongside place and time, dynamically shaping perception. His garden resists emotional immersion in favor of intellectual distance, guiding visitors through a poetic and reflective journey.
Read the full article on Artblog Cologne
