IHF25HH PT IV

At a moment when democracy is challenged around the world, the exhibition in Hamburg focuses on a body of work centered on the French Revolution of 1789. Because Finlay never shied away from the ambiguities of history, he recognized that the pursuit of a better world is often entangled with violence and bloodshed, and many of his works present revolution as a necessary force for societal transformation. Installations such as Thermidor or Women of the Revolution pay tribute to figures of the French Revolution who lost their lifes for the sake of change, for example.