 | Spotted these in Budapest June 2024 and hoping to see the rest on my next visit. The last one, the Axe, has a cool story. In 2019 Kolodko placed an Ushanka (Russian Hat) on a pillow mini-statue in this same spot, as a statement on continuing Russian influence in Hungarian politics. A far-right politician doing far-right politician things cleaved the statue from its place with an axe and threw it into the nearby Danube River. Kolodko responded with this Axe on a pillow where the hat had been. As of 2023, the Ushanka Returns as a mini statue of a Russian hat with a frog’s legs in a different location. (I first learned about these from Attila, the founder of Budapest Flow, which is a tour company that specializes in street art tours in Budapest. He was so knowledgeable and passionate about the work that it brought a whole new level to my normally solo amateur street art hunting. Highly recommend. [link] [comments] |
| | Spotted these in Budapest June 2024 and hoping to see the rest on my next visit. The last one, the Axe, has a cool story. In 2019 Kolodko placed an Ushanka (Russian Hat) on a pillow mini-statue in this same spot, as a statement on continuing Russian influence in Hungarian politics. A far-right politician doing far-right politician things cleaved the statue from its place with an axe and threw it into the nearby Danube River. Kolodko responded with this Axe on a pillow where the hat had been. As of 2023, the Ushanka Returns as a mini statue of a Russian hat with a frog’s legs in a different location. (I first learned about these from Attila, the founder of Budapest Flow, which is a tour company that specializes in street art tours in Budapest. He was so knowledgeable and passionate about the work that it brought a whole new level to my normally solo amateur street art hunting. Highly recommend. [link] [comments] |