Apparently, reaching for things was big with the Commies. I couldn’t help but notice that a lot of the statues in Budapest’s Szoborpark [Memento Park] (the place where all the old rounded-up Commie artwork was taken to be scrutinized without being honored.) I assume they didn’t often catch what they were reaching for, or they wouldn’t have died out, having their art moved out to low-rent suburbs.
Taken in the Summer of 2002 at Szoborpark (Memento Park) on the outskirts of Budapest.
After the Cold War, the Hungarians gathered up a lot of the old Communist statues and a selection of them were put together in an open-air park called Szoborpark (Memento Park.)
Taken in the summer of 2002 near Budapest.
Taken in the summer of 2002 near Budapest
On the southwestern outskirts of Budapest, there’s a park that collects many of the statues from the Communist era. These are statues that were in prominent locations during the Cold War, but were too historic to destroy. This, the Republic of Councils Monument, is one of the most impressive, and was at XIV. Dózsa György Utca (Felvonulási tér, near the City Park [Varosliget.])
At any rate, the Memento Park is where Communist art goes to be kitsch.
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