Triangular Suspension, Trophies & Multiple Arch

Robert Koenig – Low Bowkerstead – 1982

All three sculptures from ‘A sense of place’ 1984 by Mark Prior

Material: Wood

Trail: Silurian Way

Theme: Nature

Form: Abstract

Size: Trophies – 8 Feet Long

Maps Featured on: ?, 1984 – 1989

Status: Removed, no remains

Quote from the artist: “My plan was to find a site with fallen trees nearby. Most of the sculptures were thus created & sited close to the source of the original timber. The first three sculptures: Triangular Suspension, Trophies & Multiple Arch, were grouped together on a plateau halfway up a long, gradual slope. They overlook two valleys on either side & a stream. They are each separate sculptures but also work together as evidence of some past activity or remnants of a once occupied site”.

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Triangular Suspension

Text from 1988 Map. Photograph by Mark Prior

Triangular Suspension from Grizedale Archive by Mike Oram

Formed from two 8 feet tall, oak branches and a crossbeam with smaller attachments.

Trophies

Photograph from ‘A Sense of Place’ 1984 by Mark Prior

Trophies was the second sculpture, created in a similar way to Triangular Suspension but in a rectangular shape. Four abstract shapes form the ‘Trophies’ hanging from the middle.

Multiple Arches

From Aspects Journal of Art #22 1983

Multiple Arch was the last of the three sculptures on the plateau, Koenig actually created The Guardians before finishing this piece. Koenig explains how it is almost like encountering “Architectural, remnants of some hut or building… with things suspended and others buried in the ground.”

All three sculptures were listed on the 1988 map, though none were on the 1991 map. As all three went at once I assume they were all removed completely around 1990.

Sculpture in other Artworks

Grizedale 1 – 1989 – Panayiotis Kalorkoti

The maquette of Triangular Suspension can be seen on the right of this picture of Bill Grant in his office.

Grizedale 2 – 1989 – Panayiotis Kalorkoti 

The above painting features two of the trophies. Further examples of other sculptures used in Kalorkoti’s work can be seen in the Gallery in the Forest Page.

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Artist’s other work in Grizedale –

The Guardians -1982

Compound for Redundant Symbols – 1982

Signpost – 1982

Private Meeting- 1983

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Artist’s Website: www.robertkoenig-sculptor.com/

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