{"id":387,"date":"2012-03-20T23:24:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T23:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robtruscott.co.uk\/?p=387"},"modified":"2017-02-14T22:37:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T22:37:19","slug":"growing-sculpture-of-prisoners-on-route-to-gulags-february-1943-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/growing-sculpture-of-prisoners-on-route-to-gulags-february-1943-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"sculpture of prisoners of war, february 1943, russia."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robtruscott.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-499\" title=\"german cooking pot with shrapnel holes , to ' Jansenn'\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robtruscott.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7791-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-387 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7791.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7791-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7809.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7809-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7788.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7788-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7786.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7786-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7783.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7783-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7735.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7735-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-404\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-404'>\n\t\t\t\tFifteen sculptures and studio props\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7611.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSCF7611-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-403\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-403'>\n\t\t\t\tFurther developed officer and smoking soldier\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/PICT4334.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/PICT4334-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-397\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-397'>\n\t\t\t\tOfficer and soldier smoking cigarette, early stages of building on armature\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_0816.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_2261.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_2261-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_2500.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_2500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_2510.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I am presently adding more figures to encapsulate the magnitude of tragedy experienced by the defeated German VI Army in Southern Russia. So far nearly fifteen men have been reconstructed, using help from friends to model actual winter uniform and equipment in my studio space here in Winchester. Each figure is around 30cm in height.<\/p>\n<p>The finalised Fifteen figures are to be exhibited in Londons Mall Galleries from Sept 25th &#8211; Oct 13th, as part of the Threadneedle prize competition . There is a chance for the public visiting to vote for their favourite entry .<\/p>\n<p>Update; I won the Visitors Choice with my group, which collected 13% of the total vote in the exhibition of 153 works.<\/p>\n<p>2015 &#8211; I am presently moulding the whole set of fifteen figures and look for a sponsor to get these cast into Bronze and a possible exhibition .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am presently adding more figures to encapsulate the magnitude of tragedy experienced by the defeated German VI Army in Southern Russia. So far nearly fifteen men have been reconstructed, using help from friends to model actual winter uniform and equipment in my studio space here in Winchester. Each figure is around 30cm in height. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/growing-sculpture-of-prisoners-on-route-to-gulags-february-1943-russia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;sculpture of prisoners of war, february 1943, russia.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":912,"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions\/912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/robwp.loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}