Ian Hamilton Finlay: a Visual Primer - Tapa blanda

It is good to see as intelligent a book as this being combined with a format which does its subject the honour due to him, but above all, this is a book which sets out to help the reader to understand an artist who requires thoughtful, unbiased contemplation Books in Scotland

Ian Hamilton Finlay - poet, gardener and moralist - is also recognised as an artist of international stature whose works are in important collections in Britain, Europe and America. His approach, which bypasses the traditional genre distinctions between painting, sculpture and architecture, is remarkably original, and he is also known as the developer of one of Britain's most celebrated modern gardens. Extensively illustrated, this revised and expanded edition, now available in paperback, includes a generous selection from Finlay's published and environmental work and a biographical sketch of the artist.