Hard to explain for a foreigner who was Géza Hofi. I may say he was one of the best stand up comedian in Hungary…but it would give back almost nothing from him. He was much more then a comedian. He was the hope, the only mouth, the surviving smile for millions in the 70′s and 80′s, during the last years of the communism in Hungary. Its interesting that how English terms doesnt match with our phenomenas. We neversaid stand up comedy about Hofi’s performances (lately its a widely used term) and we never called the system communism.
Anyway, originally this title of this statue is THEATRE. But since the model was Hofi Géza everybody call it “the Hofi statue”. The sculpture was designed by Géza Stremeny in 2004.
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Its fascinating how words change but the meanings stay the same. I find this stature very interesting.
Zsolt, where is this stutue in Budapest?
Its on the Nagymező street.
I was last time in Budapest in 1993 and as I can see the city has changed. Looking at your pictures i’m really planning next trip to Hungary. Gretings.
Wish I’d seen this statue when I was in Budapest last year – very interesting..