The People Of the Ness……The Ness Sleeps…. From Kilmorack Gallery….
by Bernie Bell - 07:43 on 27 September 2024
The People Of the Ness……
Through this year’s final dig at The Ness of Brodgar, one of the Artists in Residence - Jeanne Bouza-Rose - has been doing sketches of the people as well as the structures. These quick impressions appealed to me as they ‘catch’ the people, and the moment.
With Jeanne’s permission, I’ve copied a couple of them from her Newsletter….
Over in Trench J at the Ness, there was a furious amount of final sampling, digging and recording. They knew that there work was going to be covered first. Remember, days after the site closed to the public, the diggers were on site and starting to shift the spoil heaps back into the trenches. https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.u...
Alice was the Supervisor for what once was Structure 8 but as the digging continued, reflected more structures. At the far end, a huge drain was discovered. Numerous interesting finds came from this area and Ceriwiden, seemed to find most of them! By the final days, I believe there was talk that the huge drain might be an entrance to another older structure. Well, if you want to know more, follow the Ness at https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.u.. "
While I’m on the subject to Jeanne’s paintings – she’s produced a calendar of Orkney Standing Stones - Christmas pressies?….
To purchase online!
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The Ness Sleeps
The Ness sleeps
Under earth
Under sky
Between Lochs.
Grass will come
Flowers will come
To form a blanket
Keeping it safe.
Knowing folk will come
To break its slumber
What might they
Uncover?
BB Sept. ‘24
PS
Further info. on the infilling....
https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/backfilling-trp/
From Kilmorack Gallery….
“It's a great privilege to received Helen Denerley's latest sculptures. These include a life-sized dairy cow, Standing Man and Sitting girl, as well as dogs, birds and chess tables and chairs. We hope you can make it to sit in her comfortable seats and ponder the delicacy of a cow's foot. Her work is on exhibition until November.
Other exhibitions include paintings of Orkney's Hoy by Jane MacNeill and new work by Peter White and other artists. These will soon be joined by Colin Brown's latest collaged paintings. This time, Brown has been inspired by prints from Japan and these miniature works are wonderful. Soon, Anthony Scullion's powerful drawings and paintings and new work by Ann Oram and Janette Kerr will join these.
Our extensive vaults and exhibitions can also be accessed through 'collections' on the gallery's website, so I have included a few introductory links below.
And lastly, we have just updated our 3d tour so you can wander our space virtually.
Tony
Latest Exhibitions
Helen Denerley | a cow, a girl and a dog
27 September - 31 October
Few sculptors bring so much life to the inanimate, but Denerley does this repeatedly, ascending unbending scrap, what we have thrown away, into new life.
This exhibition unveils Denerley's latest works - a dairy cow, a standing man and a sitting girl, birds and dogs and, for the non-arachnophobic, there are spiders too.
Jane MacNeill
17 September - 19 October
The looming presence of Orkney's Hoy has been part of people's consciousness since Neolithic times, as it has been part of Jane MacNeill's for as long as she can remember. In these eight paintings, MacNeill explores the island, its stone and sky, and the deep silent water which surrounds it.
Peter White
17 September - 19 October
Peter White's subject is often a lone object - a book, bowl or flower. Somehow White makes us feel that these objects have felt the presence of life, that they have born witness to something special. White is one of the few painters in the UK that can transport us so far with so little. We have seven new works.
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Art under £1000
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Kilmorack Gallery, by Beauly, Inverness-shire IV4 7AL
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