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February 28, 2012 by Ishbel Murray

ASTAR Glen Tolsta – publication

 

The publication, “ASTAR Glen Tolsta”, was produced to accompany the exhibition of the same name. Featuring an essay by the Gaelic writer and broadcaster, Catriona Murray, the book also includes reproductions of the art work in the exhibition as well as  a DVD of the short film, “Rathad a’ Ghlinne” (The Glen Road).

The exhibition is currently showing at An Lanntair in Stornoway and copies of the publication are on sale at the gallery. Follow the link below to make a purchase online via the Gaelic Books Council’s website:

 

https://lsh507.securepod.com/gaelicbooks.org/merchantmanager/product_info.php?cPath=51&products_id=1325

 

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January 21, 2012 by Ishbel Murray

ASTAR Glen Tolsta

Saturday 11 February – Saturday 24 March 2012  

An Lanntair Arts Centre, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

Oil on ceramic, 26 cm

ASTAR (distance, journey) explores the concept of journeying  through time, to retrace the history of five families who in 1843 left their homes in the Park district of Lewis and settled in the uninhabited Glen Tolsta, Although the glen subsequently became home to a thriving community it virtually disappeared in the period after the second world war, only a few generations later. A search for the origins of the Glen Tolsta community and a wider examination of who we belong to and where we come from was the genesis of this exhibition. The location acts as a fulcrum for the work of the three artists, Anne Campbell, Mairi Morrison and Ishbel Murray, who collaborated on the project and their individual responses reveal the complex interweaving of island family histories.