The Listening Place stone cairn South Lochboisdale and North Glendale, South Uist, Hebrides. Scotland. SCO 6390
The Listening Place at South Lochboisdale on South Uist was designed by the late Valerie Pragnell, renowned artist, sculptor and basket maker. It consists of a series of seats cast from an original tractor seat belonging to a local crofter. These are set into a curved wall that incorporates bronze casts of poems by local bards Donald MacDonald from South Lochboisdale and Donald J MacDonald from Peninerine. The poems are in Gaelic with translations in English. The sculpture invites the visitor to sit and contemplate in this remote and beautiful position. VALERIE Pragnell, English by birth, adopted Scotland as her home and became one of the most original and important artists to emerge in the 1980s and 1990s. Her work focused on the fragile relationship humans have with the natural world. From home in Glasgow and her studio at Nisbet in the Borders, she produced work that made people think.
Size: 5620px × 3733px
Location: South Lochboisdale, Glendale, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire, Highland. Scotland.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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