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On October 23 of 2022, Kolodko placed a mini statue of 2 boots on a skateboard, on a side of the new Ethnography Museum, in 1956’s Square. According to the artist, this is the only statue that he planned to install on a specific day: October 23 is, in fact, it’s the national holiday commemorating the revolution of 1956 against the Soviet regime.

During the revolution, the people of Budapest tore down the massive statue of Stalin which was standing right in the square by the City Park. Stalin’s boots, the only part of the statue that “resisted” the revolution, remained a symbol of the communist regime in Hungary, and this place was called “Boots Square” for years. A symbol of something stubborn, something that, according to the Ukrainian-Hungarian artist, came back in recent years, with a different name.

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Nikorasusan
I'm a teacher, photographer, and city-stroller who loves to hunt and record the many public artworks that are scattered across Central Europe from my base in Budapest as well as those scattered around my home country, England.
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Created on October 23, 2022
Budapest, Benczúr utca, 1146 Hungary
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