Homunculus loxodontus

Homunculus loxodontus, nicknamed Zhdun ("The One Who Waits"),[1] is a statue by Dutch artist Margriet van Breevoort (nl). It was made for the Leiden University Medical Center and installed in the spring of 2016.[2] It became popular in post-Soviet countries where it is called Ждун (Russian) / Почекун (Ukrainian) / Пачакун (Belarusian) (Zhdun/Pochekun/Pachakun, meaning “the Awaiter”).[3]

Homunculus loxodontus
ArtistMargriet van Breevoort (nl)
Year2016 (2016)
LocationLeiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Composition

According to the author, the sculpture symbolizes the emotions of people who wait at the doctor's office.[2]

Internet meme

In 2017 in Russia and a number of Eastern European countries the sculpture (renamed Zhdun, a fabricated noun version of the Russian verb zhdat, which means "to wait") has become an Internet meme, in which it is edited into famous paintings, photographs, videos, and other visual media.[2][4][5] Models have been photographed in locales including an empty seat in the Ukrainian Parliament.[1][3]

CD Land, a media company, bought the Russian media rights for five years starting in 2017.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Meet Zhdun, the tubby gray blob who's at home on Russian social media", The World, March 1, 2017, retrieved 2020-01-17
  2. "Автор Ждуна: эта скульптура изменила мою жизнь" (in Russian). BBC. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  3. Sharkov, Damien (February 24, 2017), "How a Gray Blob Ended Up Addressing Ukraine's Parliament", Newsweek, retrieved 2020-04-14
  4. "Dutch hospital's monster sculpture a surprise hit in Russia". NL Times. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  5. "Ждун: 20 лучших образов Homunculus Loxodontus". Cosmopolitan (in Russian). 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  6. "Russian Company Buys Rights to Zhdun Viral Sensation", The Moscow Times, July 6, 2017, retrieved 2020-04-14
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