The exhibition will open on Tuesday, 6. 5. 2025, at 18: 00.
Through painting, Pia Albolena Repic explores the magic of Slovenian folk tales and draws inspiration from the stories of female characters in Slovenian folk tradition.
She has always been interested in other worlds, mysticism and fairy tales with their universal elements of opposites, fairy-tale creatures and an invitation to the depths of the imagination. In the face of difficult times, she has always found relaxation and peace in the stories throughout her life, as well as deeper thoughts that provide an opportunity to grow and broaden her horizons. While preparing the exhibition, she realized that at a time when we have access to stories and information from around the world, her knowledge of the tradition of our ancestors was lacking and she wanted to get to know him better through the art medium. He believes that the wisdom and messages about life experience that are preserved from generation to generation in folk tales are invaluable.
The red thread she discovered during her creation is the role of female characters in Slovenian fairy tales. The main character is often a shepherd or a royal who, thanks to a good heart or cunning, overcomes obstacles in his path and earns the hand of the Queen, in which he is helped by Goldfish, golden birds, fairies and other mystical creatures. The story of the Golden Bird is the story of a boy who frees her, and Pia wanted to focus on the birds that remain trapped in the cave because they were not the most beautiful, the largest, the most golden.
In each fairy tale she chose, she was attracted by the aspect of a particular character of the feminine gender or feminine qualities. She was attracted by their emotions, their anger, sadness, revenge, greed... the Fox in the story of Mojca Pokrajculja is without a doubt evil and the main opponent of the good-hearted Mojca, the author wanted to focus on the moment before the Fox's bad decision, with which everything was still too easy to identify, and wondered what the Fox felt at that moment.
Pia Albolena Repic (*1998, Postojna) is finishing her painting studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and design in Ljubljana. She works in traditional media, mostly with watercolors, but also occasionally goes into oil paints, acrylics, mixed techniques, digital illustration and animation. He seeks harmony and authenticity in his works, and seeks to share fragments of magic within himself with the world.
Odprtje razstave bo v torek, 6. 5. 2025, ob 18.00.
Pia Albolena Repič skozi slikarstvo raziskuje čarobnost slovenskih ljudskih pravljic in črpa navdih iz zgodb ženskih likov v slovenskem ljudskem izročilu.
Od nekdaj jo zanimajo drugi svetovi, mističnost in pravljice s svojimi univerzalnimi elementi nasprotij, pravljičnimi bitji in povabilom v globine domišljije. Ob težkih trenutkih je v zgodbah skozi svoje življenje vedno našla sprostitev in mir, pa tudi globlje misli, ki nudijo priložnost za rast in širjenje svojega obzorja. Ob pripravljanju razstave pa je ugotovila, da je v času, ko imamo dostop do zgodb in informacij iz celega sveta, njeno poznavanje izročila naših prednikov pomanjkljivo in se je želela z njim skozi likovni medij bolje spoznati. Meni, da so modrosti in sporočila o življenjskih izkušnjah, ki se ohranjajo iz roda v rod v ljudskih pravljicah, neprecenljive.
Rdeča nit, ki jo je odkrivala med ustvarjanjem, je vloga ženskih likov v slovenskih pravljicah. Glavni junak je pogosto pastirček ali kraljevič, ki zaradi dobrega srca ali zvitosti premaga ovire na svoji poti ter si zasluži roko kraljične, pri čemer mu pomagajo zlate ribice, zlate ptice, vile in druga mistična bitja. Zgodba o zlati ptici je zgodba o fantu, ki jo osvobodi, Pia pa se je želela osredotočiti na ptice, ki ostanejo ujete v jami, ker niso bile najlepše, največje, najbolj zlate.
V vsaki pravljici, ki jo je izbrala, jo je pritegnil vidik določenega lika ženskega spola ali ženskih lastnosti. Pritegnila so jo njihova čustva, njihova jeza, žalost, maščevanje, pohlep… Lisica v zgodbi Mojce Pokrajculje je brez dvoma zlobna in glavni nasprotnik dobrosrčni Mojci, avtorica se je želela osredotočiti na trenutek pred lisičkino slabo odločitvijo, s katerim se je še vse prelahko poistovetiti, in se spraševala, kaj je lisica v tem trenutku čutila.
Pia Albolena Repič (*1998, Postojna) zaključuje študij slikarstva na Akademiji za likovno umetnost in oblikovanje v Ljubljani. Ustvarja v tradicionalnih medijih, največ z akvareli, občasno pa zaide tudi v oljne barve, akrile, mešane tehnike, digitalno ilustracijo in animacijo. V svojih delih išče harmonijo in pristnost, ter skuša deliti drobce magije v sebi s svetom.
