To mark the centenary of the birth of IAN HAMILTON FINLAY (1925-2006), STAMPA presents "FRAGMENTS", an exhibition of the Scottish artist, poet and founder of the artists’ garden "Little Sparta". As one of the most important British exponents of Concrete Poetry, Finlay reinvigorated the classical tradition in a body of work that encompasses a variety of creative forms and themes, including poetry, history and natural philosophy, to celebrate the sustaining power of words. He thus gave language a new artistic dimension and material form, poetically inscribing it into the world.
«FRAGMENTS» is both a a series of anniversary exhibitions taking place in eight international galleries from Basel to New York and a major new book, curated and edited by Pia Maria Simig.