Guerilla sculpture hunt in Veszprém, or fire off an Instagram post about the mini sculptures

This trend dominated for a long time, however. If any object or performance with any cultural value ended up on the streets, then it was followed by a lot of head scratching and sometimes a certain amount of incomprehension. Yet, the streets can also be a playground for artists, and fortunately, there are increasing numbers of successful projects like this.

For example, the Street Music Festival in Veszprém turns the city centre into a huge stage, or there is the Lenon Wall in Prague, where graffiti artists can let their creative energy flow. Sculpture, on the other hand, has somehow never broken into street art world and been presented in this guerilla style. Of course, it would also be strange, if a complete sculpture ensemble were to suddenly appear in the main square of a city overnight, without anyone knowing anything about it beforehand. Yet this is exactly what Mihály Kolodko does. But his story has an important twist.

This Transcarpathian-born artist places his painstakingly carved sculptures in a guerrilla art fashion, on the streets of major cities. Many such sculptures can be found in the artist’s hometown of Uzhhorod, but some of his works can also be found in Budapest and Vác. Moreover, there have also been three Kolodko sculptures in Veszprém for a few years now.

However, the point of these sculptures is that you can only find them after a long search, as they are scarcely bigger than your hand.

Kolodko believes that the days of deciding about the creation of a sculpture centrally are over; there should be room for artists and people generally to express their interest. Large sculptures are also always made on a small, model-scale beforehand. Although these generally end up in the depths of a warehouse, Mihály Kolodko, as guerrilla artist, has given them to the people, so that everyone can search for them and experience the joy of discovery.

There are three such tiny sculptures in Veszprém, carefully hidden in different parts of the city. However, here it was not the artist who sneaked out at night to place his works, rather a local entrepreneur, Balázs Török, who convinced him to create such small sculptures specially for Veszprém. Initially, only the two of them knew where they would be placed. So, we wouldn’t like to spoil the fun by telling you exactly where they are.