WORK BEGAT WORK: Ian Hamilton Finlay & Andy Goldsworthy at Jupiter Artland coincides with Ian Hamilton Finlay’s centenary and the celebration of Andy Goldsworthy at National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh. These two artists have been foundational to the aims and development of Jupiter Artland. Honouring this, Jupiter is presenting and celebrating both artists, placing their works in conversation.

Jupiter Artland’s Founder, Nicky Wilson, was inspired by a visit to Little Sparta, Ian Hamilton Finlay’s garden and artwork in the Pentland hills – without this encounter, Jupiter would not exist. Finlay visited Jupiter in 2005, very early in the formation of the sculpture park. Walking across the site, he chose a magnificent old beech at the end of the land, siting his neoclassical Temple of Apollo beside this sentinel. He said of this site,‘WORK BEGAT WORK’. , meaning one artwork would call others, the harmony of the space opening up potential sites. These words have acted as a guiding light for Jupiter as the collection has grown. Finlay’s own Xth Muse was conceived when looking from the Temple of Apollo through the branches to the end of the land. She is the ultimate muse that embodies the fierce intellect of Finlay with the lyrical poignance of Greek poet Sappho.

Alongside Temple of Apollo and Xth Muse, Only Connect entered the collection in 2008 further cementing Finlay’s impact and legacy at Jupiter Artland.

To view more of Finlay’s work, visit the collection and WORK BEGAT WORK from April 11th.

Andy Goldsworthy visited Jupiter the following autumn, and he spent many hours in the woodland. We were installing Ian Hamilton Finlay’s seminal work, Only Connect at the time and Goldsworthy observed the problem of installing across a fault in the bedrock. He watched as we flexed and instead of drilling and blasting the bedrock away to be replaced by concrete, we laid the bridge directly upon the bedrock – a natural solution. Goldsworthy understood that the bedrock was not only beautiful but also sat high. Stone house took many months to build and he set about working on four other works; Clay Tree Wall, Coppice Room and Stone Coppice and a secret canvas Break Room which will be shown for the first time in the Ballroom.

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