Robert Koenig – Farra Grain – 1982
Material: Wood
Trail: Silurian Way
Theme: Modern Life
Form: Representational – Arrows
Maps Featured on: ?, 1984 – 1997
Status: Removed, no remains
Quote from the Artist “It was placed at the bottom of the slope very close to the trail. If you walk up to it and look in the direction of the one wayward arrow you’ll see the tops of the elements of the Compound. The Compound is off the trail but I made it in the hope it would be seen.”
Koenig’s sixth sculpture made in 1982. Both a sculpture in its own right and a waymarker for his other work Compound for Redundant Symbols. Made of fallen oak carved and formed into arrow shapes. The one wayward arrow seems to be missing from the colour photo below, it either snapped off or was removed at some point, possibly when Compound itself stopped being listed on maps (around 1990), thusly removing the need for this to be a ‘sign’. It was itself removed around 1997.
Sculpture in other Artworks
Grizedale 1 – 1989 – Panayiotis Kalorkoti
The maquette of Signpost can be seen on the shelves to the right of this picture of Bill Grant in his office. Further examples of other sculptures used in Kalorkoti’s work can be seen in the Gallery in the Forest Page.
Artist’s other work in Grizedale –
Triangular Suspension, Trophies, Multiple Arch – 1982
The Guardians -1982
Compound for Redundant Symbols – 1982
Private Meeting- 1983
Artist’s Website: www.robertkoenig-sculptor.com/
Page last updated Jan 2021
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