UNITED BUDDY BEARS, The Art of Tolerance./ Umetnost strpnosti in Ljubljana, Slovenia 2024 (4K)

This year, for the first time, Ljubljana will host the exhibition UNITED BUDDY BEARS, The Art of Tolerance. From 29 May to 17 July 2024, 145 two-metre-high bears, holding up their arms to spread friendship and optimism between the countries they represent, will be exhibited at the Republic Square, among them a newly painted Slovenian bear created by young artist Luka Rep.
A story of tolerance
The story of »Classic Buddy Bears« began in June 2001 in Berlin, when the project's initiators, Eva and Klaus Herlitz, launched a unique initiative that helped develop street art in Berlin. The mission of the standing »Buddy Bear« with raised arms is to spread friendship and optimism. The project developed into the famous bear story and the »Buddy Bear« bears became an unofficial symbol of Berlin.
In 2002, artists from around the world created the »United Buddy Bears« circle of supporters in Berlin to encourage people to think about international understanding and peaceful coexistence. At the time, ambassadors of countries invited artists to paint a two-metre-high sculpture of a bear representing their country, its special features, culture, history, people, landscape, economy, music or traditions. In this way, the bears became a reflection of the cultural diversity of our world. In 2004, a colourful group of travelling bears set off on a world tour, only briefly interrupted by the epidemic. And now the bears are coming to Ljubljana.
Ljubljana is a tolerant and comradely city where different people live together in mutual respect. Mayor Zoran Janković has always stressed that, in Ljubljana, this is not just a slogan but a value we live by.
Third Paradise arrangement
The exhibition of bear sculptures will be on display in Republic Square from 29 May to 17 July 2024. The bears will be arranged in the shape of Pistoletto's symbol of the Third Paradise, which reflects a free artistic view on the issue of coexistence in this human and more-than-human world. The idea of including the Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in this project stems from his exhibition at the Cukrarna Gallery and also our otherwise close relationship with him and his mission. Pistoletto also drew the symbol of the Third Paradise in his entry into the Golden Book of Ljubljana, which, on a subtle level, represents the values that the City of Ljubljana wants to convey through this exhibition.
The exhibition in Ljubljana is a collaboration between the City of Ljubljana, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ljubljana and Buddy Bear Berlin, backed by numerous partners and supporters of the project.
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[@ReginaRakhmanova-tw6il]

Nice art exhibition! 👍

[@IliaVoronin.PhotographerSlo]

Yes, very beautiful and interesting. 🙂

[@MargaritaVoronina-ce9yz]

Cool! ❤

[@IliaVoronin.PhotographerSlo]

Thanks! 👍