The story behind the statue.. do you know it?

Member since 13 December 2012

RobskiMember13 December 2012 12:48:24

It is located on the Ibis hotel at the junction of Dosza Gyorgy Ut and Podmaniczky St. Near to the Heroes Sq.

Its suggestion of a pitiful demise is in stark contrast to the modern building and it's function, so I assume the site must have some prior and rather morbid significance. I haven't found any reference to it elsewhere, so any information would be appreciated.

Cheers

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GuestPoster279Guest14 December 2012 16:13:45

Don't know about it, so I may be wrong, but I suspect its construction and installation involved some EU grant**.

**Which means it has no real reason or purpose for being there.

Robski Member

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RobskiMember14 December 2012 17:08:42

Cynical.. where would we be without art in our cities?

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GuestPoster279Guest14 December 2012 17:47:53

Robski wrote:
Cynical..

Of the EU grant culture. Not of art.

fluffy2560 Hungary Expert

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fluffy2560Hungary Expert15 December 2012 19:22:38

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klsallee wrote:
Robski wrote:
Cynical..

Of the EU grant culture. Not of art.

I concur.

panzer25 Active member

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panzer25Active member16 December 2012 12:26:40

The statue name is:" soaring bronze siren"
the artist is Istvan Madarassy and the statue was built in the year of 1990, and it is just a statue nothing more.

Robski Member

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RobskiMember18 December 2012 20:31:37

Thankyou that's very helpful. Does "soaring bronze siren" translate as "szárnyaló bronz sziréna" is that what the piece is called in Hungarian? I can look at the work of Istvan Madarassy now and see if I can find more.
It is strange that it doesn't hold any significance to that location.. it is such a melancholy piece, perhaps just a reflection of the Hungarian psyche in general.
Thanks again.

panzer25 Active member

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panzer25Active member18 December 2012 23:35:35

Thankyou that's very helpful. Does "soaring bronze siren" translate as "szárnyaló bronz sziréna..."

No its name is in Hungarian lebegő bronzszirén

http://www.kozterkep.hu/~/8793/

Robski Member

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RobskiMember19 December 2012 20:24:46

Thanks.. good info.

fireroller Serial expat

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firerollerSerial expat26 December 2012 19:55:08

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I must admit, that I never realized this sculpture (kinda left the country exactly when they built that hotel) and found nothing more about it online.
I like these kind of artwork in budapest though - whether paid by EU money or not!!
So, as to add to the value of this post, I found a few more here :-)
http://welovebudapest.com/hu/nevezetess … budapesten

fluffy2560 Hungary Expert

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fluffy2560Hungary Expert26 December 2012 20:13:23

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fireroller wrote:
So, as to add to the value of this post, I found a few more here :-)
http://welovebudapest.com/hu/nevezetess … budapesten

Flying pig thing is OK but the giant mosquitos....Ewwww.....Yuck!

fireroller Serial expat

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firerollerSerial expat26 December 2012 20:44:48

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fluffy2560 wrote:
Flying pig thing is OK but the giant mosquitos....Ewwww.....Yuck!

u-uh, sorry to have to admit, but I looooved them when I was a small kid in the eighties(i think). (My grandparents lived in Kékgolyó u.). The link suggests, they may have to do with the name of the place 'vérmezõ'=blood meadow (was an execution place)
:-D