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Odissey, Crypt of St Martin in the Fields, London, UK

Odissey, by Robert Koening, 19 March, 20 juillet 2012 at the entrance of the Crypt of St Martin in the Fields, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Odissey consist of 40 monumental figures, each 2.5m tall carved in the village of Dominikowice in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in South East Poland. Odissey is undertaking a spititual journey following the journey of the artist's mother in 1942 from her home village in Poland, through Krakow, the Nazi slave labour camps in Germany during the second World War and on to the UK. Odissey confront us with important issues of migration both forced and voluntary nd bears witness to the stories of the journey that migrants make.

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Odissey, by Robert Koening, 19 March, 20 juillet 2012 at the entrance of the Crypt of St Martin in the Fields, London, UK. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Odissey consist of 40 monumental figures, each 2.5m tall carved in the village of Dominikowice in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in South East Poland. Odissey is undertaking a spititual journey following the journey of the artist's mother in 1942 from her home village in Poland, through Krakow, the Nazi slave labour camps in Germany during the second World War and on to the UK. Odissey confront us with important issues of migration both forced and voluntary nd bears witness to the stories of the journey that migrants make.