Ervin Hervé-Lóránth

• Illustration — Riese (What's Up), installed in Berlin in 2015 Hervé-Lóránth often displays temporary sculptures in public places, often giant human figures. He calls his works "public surprise". In 2014 Ervin created a giant temporary outdoor sculpture titled Feltépve (Ripped Up). The work was displayed in Széchenyi Square in Budapest. The sculpture was a collaboration between Hervé-Lóránth and Gallery Out of Home. It was considered temporary because it was made from polystyrene." The sculpture portrayed an angry-faced giant who appears to be waking up and emerging from the ground. The exhibit invited visitors to interact and take selfies with the artwork. In 2015 Herve exhibited a four-ton 7.5 m sculpture modeled after Robert Capa's photograph The Falling Soldier. The statue, displayed in Széchenyi Square, Budapest, depicted a seated soldier with his head tilted back as if he had been shot. In 2018, Hervé-Lóránth placed a giant polystyrene human figure in the Piazza del Popolo in Capena, (ROMA). It was a 9 m sculpture of a man leaning on a ruined wall. The face of the figure was not distinguishable.

• Illustration — Hervé-Lóránth's 2015 sculpture modelled after The Falling Soldier. The sculpture was criticized and later destroyed. In 2014, Hervé-Lóránth's sculpture Strappato (Popped Up) received an award for the best artwork in the world placed in a public area. The sculpture was featured in Architectural Digest list of the 28 "most fascinating public sculptures". Hervé-Lóránth's 2015 statue inspired by Capa's The Falling Soldier received criticism. Karip Timi, writing for Index, called the sculpture a "crappy giant". Origo stated that "consensus among the commentators was that the statue was ugly". The sculpture was later demolished.