Landmarks: Hugh MacDiarmid's Brownsbank
Landmarks: Hugh MacDiarmid's Brownsbank
College of Arts
Date: Tuesday 24 November 2020
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Venue: Online
Category: Exhibitions, Social events
Speaker: Sandy Moffat, Ruth Nicol, Alan Riach
Website: landmarks-hugh-macdiarmids-brownsbank.eventbrite.co.uk
Landmarks: Hugh MacDiarmid’s Brownsbank features paintings by Alexander Moffat and Ruth Nicol, and poems by Alan Riach.
Hosted by the University of Glasgow, in partnership with Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum and MacDiarmid’s Brownsbank, the show centres on Hugh MacDiarmid, who lived with his wife Valda in Brownsbank Cottage, in the South Lanarkshire hills, from 1951 until his death in 1978. The cottage is an A-listed building and a cultural treasure house. A live exhibition is proposed for Biggar Museum in 2021.
The artists will be in discussion about their work and MacDiarmid’s significance. The narrative of MacDiarmid’s later life and work is central to the show, including his encounters, friendships and flytings with some of his contemporaries (such as Dmitri Shostakovich, Ronald Stevenson and Hamish Henderson), his domestic and countryside environment, and the companionship, support, fierce dedication and love of his wife Valda. Poems will be read. Paintings will be shown. Fireworks, flames and ferocities will follow.
All very welcome. Join us from 16:30 for a 17:00 start.
Reserve your free ticket via Eventbrite: landmarks-hugh-macdiarmids-brownsbank.eventbrite.co.uk
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