{"id":6605,"date":"2023-01-16T13:21:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T13:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofthehighlands.org\/?post_type=project&#038;p=6605"},"modified":"2023-05-15T13:01:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:01:37","slug":"sculpture-of-kenn-and-the-salmon","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/museumofthehighlands.org\/gd\/project\/sculpture-of-kenn-and-the-salmon","title":{"rendered":"Sculpture of \u2018Kenn and the Salmon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffc60b&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;21px||2px|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;150px||150px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;80px||80px||true|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;26px|auto||auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||27px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;2.3em&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px||3px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: xx-large;\"><text class=\"_textbox_1gl8y_17\" direction=\"ltr\" height=\"7.5072021484375\" lengthadjust=\"spacingAndGlyphs\" textlength=\"59.9030456542969\" x=\"160.067352294922\" y=\"-498.459991455078\" data-test=\"textbox\">Sculpture of <br \/>&#8216;Kenn and the Salmon&#8217;<\/text><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehighlandersmuseum.com\/\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa;\">Taigh-tasgaidh Dualchais Dh\u00f9n Bheathadh<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;EB Garamond||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;38px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;0.5em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-17px|30px|||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Comfortaa,Varela Round,ABeeZee,Comforter Brush&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal;\">This artwork located by the harbour in the village of Dunbeath was commissioned by the Neil Gunn Society in 1991. It marks the centenary of the author\u2019s birth and was designed by Alex Main (1940 \u2013 2010).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal;\">B\u2019 e Neil Gunn fear de na sgr\u00ecobhadairean ficsean Albannach a bu chudromaiche tr\u00e0th san fhicheadamh linn. Tha an obair aige a\u2019 coimhead air beatha na G\u00e0idhealtachd, a\u2019 gabhail a-steach na buaidh a bh\u2019 aig Fuadaichean nan G\u00e0idheal air coimhearsnachdan. Fhuair e an duais chli\u00f9iteach Duais Cuimhneachaidh Sheumais Tait Black ann an 1937 airson Highland River .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal;\">The monument depicts the climax of a dramatic scene from Highland River. Nine-year old Kenn is shown carrying home a huge salmon, poached with his bare hands from the Dunbeath river.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal;\">The book is largely written in a stream-of-consciousness style as we follow Kenn\u2019s life through a series of dramatic episodes. These vary from his school life with a sadistic teacher to the trauma of World War One. 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