Joan of Arc / Lisa Simpson

Jeanne d’Arc / Lisa Simpson

V. District (BELVÁROS-LIPÓTVÁROS) Pop Culture & Literature

A yellow-painted figure with a pointed, flame-like tuft of hair, chained to a tram pole: Lisa Simpson in the role of Joan of Arc, based on a Simpsons episode in which she plays exactly that part. Kolodko uses her as a satirical metaphor for the martyrdom of intellect and political correctness in modern society — Lisa fights for what’s right and is metaphorically ’burned’ for it.

The statue itself has a rather ironic history: the stolen first version stood at Jászai Mari tér from 2019 and was stolen in 2020 – fittingly, it was the chained Lisa who got "kidnapped". In 2024 Kolodko had her recast true to the original and placed her, chained to a pole, anew at Fővám tér, right where the tram re-emerges to the surface.

A small Hungarian connection besides: co-creator Gábor Csupó, co-founder of the Klasky Csupo animation studio, was born in Budapest.

AddressFővám tér, where the tram re-emerges onto the surface.

GPS47.484750, 19.059100

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