During her residency at C.R.E.T.A. Rome, Magda Gluszek AIR 2020 spent time studying Ancient Roman marble replicas of Greek Hellenistic sculpture and bronze originals such as the Boxer at Rest, Sleeping Hermaphroditus and Dying Gaul. She is drawn to the subject matter of this time period because it explores a unique production of figures that seem incongruent with typical Greek sculptural idealism. Themes such as: enemies of the Greeks, Barbarians, fallen soldiers, beggars, d