ROBIN GILLANDERS
Robin Gillanders is former Reader in Photography at Edinburgh Napier University and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship in 2016. He has several works in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, the V&A, London and National Portrait Gallery, London. He has published six books including The Philosopher’s Garden (2004), Highland Journey: In the Spirit of Edwin Muir (2009), and Ian Hamilton Finlay: Little Sparta and Collaborations (2024)
He has exhibited widely and internationally including the Prada Foundation, Venice, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
He had a major retrospective at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh in 2017/2018 and was co-editor of Studies in Photography.
Ian’s Fleet, One afternoon at Stonypath
The Scottish artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay was extremely prolific, working with numerous expert collaborators: sculptors, illustrators, letter cutters, woodworkers, and photographers. He didn’t actually make any of his works himself, although he designed his remarkable garden, Little Sparta, as a ‘receptacle’ for his Concrete Poetry, carefully placing works in that environment.
He did however make model boats as a hobby. This series documents his boats during a wonderful fun afternoon in high summer, sailing his ‘fleet’ on Lochan Eck.
Work Details
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Ian’s Fleet, One afternoon at Stonypath, Little Sparta in June 2002.
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Climate-adapted cyanotype on archival watercolour paper
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84 x 119 cm
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Unique