![]() What are these mini statues and what is the purpose of the artist?Īnnoyed by the expense and red-tape surrounding larger statues, Kolodko found that the minis gave him the freedom to make exactly what he wanted quickly. After dabbling in larger sculptures, Kolodko decided in 2010 to devote his work solely to the miniatures he’s now become famous for. The boots are on a skateboard, because the new museum, which opened in May 2022, is shaped like a skate ramp.įREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT KOLODKO’S MINI STATUESīorn in Uzhhorod in Ukraine, Mihály (alternately Mykhailo or Mihajlo) Kolodko graduated from Lviv Academy of Arts. ![]() The mini boots have the bones sticking out: on one side it’s a symbol for the need to cut the system that led to the current war, on the other, a reference to a popular video game “Among Us”. There are two boots, one for the past (Stalin), and one for the current oppression. A symbol of something stubborn, something that, according to the Ukrainian-Hungarian artist, came back in recent years, with a different name. ![]() 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. 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.ĭuring the revolution, the people of Budapest tore down the massive statue of Stalin which was standing right in the square by the City Park. 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.
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