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Exhibition Dreams at Bled Castle

by petra September 19, 2021

Please note that this was a temporary exhibition on display in Bled Castle’s gallery in May 2019.

28 May 2019

In May, Tower Gallery at Bled Castle hosts an exhibition entitled Dreams featuring colourful paintings of Slovenian artist of Iranian origin, Azita Bijol Hedayati.

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Above Lake Bled
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Family-friendly
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Not wheelchair accessible
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Admission (for Bled Castle)

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Hedayati’s colourful paintings, showing mainly human figures, reminded me of a cartoon inspired by a fairy-tale that I liked to watch when I was a child. The cartoon showed the adventures of a young man named Peter who had a flying ship. Probably the paintings that I saw on the gallery’s wall stirred nostalgic thoughts of my literary heroes.

The paintings that are on display in Tower Gallery reflect two very different cultures, Slovenian and Iranian. For instance, one of the paintings shows traditional Slovenian masks (called kurent) accompanied by a woman wearing a veil. Those characters coming from two different worlds – Slavic and Arabic – have their faces covered, only for a different reason.

My impression was that the author – who was born in Iran and has been living in Slovenia for two decades – wants to tell us that despite their uniqueness different cultures have nevertheless something in common.

Exhibition Dreams at Bled Castle
A painting showing Slovenian traditional masks (kurent) and a woman wearing a veil.
Exhibition Dreams at Bled Castle
Many Hedayati’s artworks feature pomegranate, a red fruit with a sour flavour that has its origins in Iran.
Exhibition Dreams at Bled Castle
Bled Castle above Lake Bled – Azita Bijol Hedayati also lived in Bled for a while.
Exhibition Dreams at Bled Castle
A castle from her dreams?
Exhibition Dreams at Bled Castle
Exhibition Dreams at Bled Castle.
Exhibition Dreams at Bled Castle
The exhibition takes place in Tower Gallery.

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Hello! I'm Petra, and I have lived in Bled for most of my life. After spending time in Norway, Macedonia, Hungary and Spain, I have settled in my home country, rediscovering the beauty of Lake Bled. Read more

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