Homunculus loxodontus

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

Homunculus Loxodontus (nicknamed Zhdun, "The One Who Waits", Snorp, or WOSH)[1][2] 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.[3] It became popular in post-Soviet countries where it is called Ждун (Russian informal term for "one who waits").[4]

  1. ^ "Zhdun / Snorp". 2 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Meet Zhdun, the tubby gray blob who's at home on Russian social media", The World, March 1, 2017, retrieved 2020-01-17
  3. ^ "Автор Ждуна: эта скульптура изменила мою жизнь" (in Russian). BBC. 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  4. ^ Sharkov, Damien (February 24, 2017), "How a Gray Blob Ended Up Addressing Ukraine's Parliament", Newsweek, retrieved 2020-04-14