Galician Shadows

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Galician Shadows

THE “GALICIAN SHADOWS” SERIES WAS INSPIRED BY ROBERT KOENIG’S VISIT TO LWOW AND PRZEMYSLANY IN WESTERN UKRAINE IN MAY 2004 WHERE HE TOURED HIS SCULPTURE PROJECT “ODYSSEY”.

Each Galician Shadow drawing is a visual response to the sights of Lwow, an emotional response to the dramatic stories heard by the artist from people who experienced the War, the invasion of the Nazis and then the Soviets...

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‘Galician Odyssey’

In the summer of 2004 the sculptor Robert Koenig took his sculpture project “Odyssey” on a journey across the historical region of Galicia in South East Poland and the Ukraine following a route linked to his ancestors, the Dudek family...

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