{"id":56503,"date":"2025-07-02T13:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/?p=56503"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:20:11","slug":"three-billion-years-of-foundation-at-taigh-chearsabhagh-north-uist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/three-billion-years-of-foundation-at-taigh-chearsabhagh-north-uist\/","title":{"rendered":"A Firm Foundation at Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Taigh Chearsabhagh<\/strong> Museum &amp; Arts Centre in Lewis is to stage interpretations of the 3 billion year-old Lewisian Gneiss geological complex of North Uist, by artists <strong>Jake Harvey <\/strong>and<strong> Helen Douglas<\/strong>: the former working with sculpture carved from gathered and recycled stone, the latter working in photographic and book forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helen-Douglas-Lewisian-I-handscroll-phrase-section-giclee-print-on-Munken-paper-1024x568.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Douglas, 'Lewisian I, handscroll phrase section', giclee print on Munken paper\" class=\"wp-image-56504 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helen-Douglas-Lewisian-I-handscroll-phrase-section-giclee-print-on-Munken-paper-1024x568.jpg\" alt=\"Helen Douglas, 'Lewisian I, handscroll phrase section', giclee print on Munken paper\" class=\"wp-image-56504 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helen-Douglas-Lewisian-I-handscroll-phrase-section-giclee-print-on-Munken-paper-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helen-Douglas-Lewisian-I-handscroll-phrase-section-giclee-print-on-Munken-paper-480x266.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helen-Douglas-Lewisian-I-handscroll-phrase-section-giclee-print-on-Munken-paper-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helen-Douglas-Lewisian-I-handscroll-phrase-section-giclee-print-on-Munken-paper-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Helen-Douglas-Lewisian-I-handscroll-phrase-section-giclee-print-on-Munken-paper.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Helen Douglas, &#8216;Lewisian I&#8217;, handscroll phrase section, giclee print on Munken paper<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both have studied the Lewisian Gneiss complex, its landscape and geological shaping, uncovering some common threads in their research, and the resulting work seeks to communicate their understanding of deep time and the titanic powers at work in the terrain of North Uist in revealing their own respective truths about the living language of Nature. The exhibition is accompanied by the launch of a richly-illustrated 96-page hardback publication <em>Sgeir a\u2019 Ch\u00f2mhdhalaich \/ Meeting Point<\/em> \u2013 available via Taigh Chearsabhagh&#8217;s shop and online. Jake and Helen are set to lead a gallery tour of the exhibition on Saturday 19th July, 2-4pm, admission to which is free, but booking essential. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition is set to tour to An Lanntair in Stornoway and thence to the RSA in Edinburgh, with other venues to be scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/From-the-UAA-summer-exhibition-1024x1199.jpg\" alt=\"From the UAA summer exhibition\" class=\"wp-image-56506 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/From-the-UAA-summer-exhibition-1024x1199.jpg\" alt=\"From the UAA summer exhibition\" class=\"wp-image-56506 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/From-the-UAA-summer-exhibition-1024x1199.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/From-the-UAA-summer-exhibition-480x562.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/From-the-UAA-summer-exhibition-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/From-the-UAA-summer-exhibition-768x899.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/From-the-UAA-summer-exhibition.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>From the UAA summer exhibition<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also showing at the centre until 15th August is the <strong>Uist Arts Association<\/strong>&#8216;s annual exhibition, which presents a showcase of work by its members in a diverse range of media, with many of the works available to purchase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum &#038; 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