ODYSSEY visitor’s comments

This is so gorgeous! Sad and stunning....it says so much. The music reflects the sadness and determination in the statues' faces, giving them life and a collective soul. Cold on the outside - bleeding on the inside - power in numbers. Powerful and haunting stuff.

Though they tower over me, each face is so human. I feel like a child really seeing adults for the first time. You will make me want to look deeply at each face in a crowd.

Man, I am bowled over by those sculptures. Haunted and haunting, bewildered and bold. It changes the way I see the idea of ‘bearing witness’. I’ve always thought of it as a passive act, and ultimately doomed to a laudable grave but those expressions turn it into something of great power. The idea of changing thought and perceived history through the gaze.

Stunning. One of the most emotional and beautiful art works I have experienced in many years

A wonderful moving project, the true heart of a man seeking his spiritual being from a beginning of a life of love, for God and family. I can feel the true undercurrent of his soul, the peace, the love he has found in this wonderful work.

I am moved and leave this exhibition in tears. I understand how the artist feels because I am also an immigrant. (Polish)

Your idea of journey and going back to your roots and your mum’s village is just fantastic. I really think you’ve captured the true feelings of the people who lived and died and whether they wanted or not they just started and finished their journey of life. They probably wanted to speak about their happy and sad moments but never did or could. Here you are bringing them back to life; their spirits are screaming loudly when we are looking to their faces. Each of them look very settled, strong and confident in their feature. They are expressing their attitudes of life, death and existence. I feel like they are my family, my cousins and my neighbours whom I had to leave and whom were killed and dissappeared because of war. They are back now and they are telling me they are alive… (from Kurdistan)

We came on a whim and found ourselves absolutely awed by the skill and inspiration of the sculptor. It leaves us with such an awareness of a connection with people and their history An experience I’m glad not to have missed, made even better by knowing his grandfather had helped Jews.

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